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THRONGS ATTEND DEDICATION' .SHAFTHORSESHOEMEADOWleges. of citizenship.Thrilling Sight as Breeze . Spreads | Jay ouV hKiOut Folds of “Old Glory” While | *£»• Seft austill live, honored and jealously guarded; that the melting pot of races and creeds has arisen a tiuo.homogeneous America.. ‘■ “Sergeant-at.-Arms, you will causeTownspeople Assemble to Witness the flag to he raised. Comrades, salute the flag of our country.-Dedication of Memorial—Warden! The band then played TheBand Plays “The Star SpangledBanner’—Sun Shines Brightly as%Brown Speaks.Spangled Banner” as the flag was-raised.VRev, Pearson's Prayer.•Beneath4a■cloud-fleckedskyl -through the clouds In which the sun-beamed down brightly, Naugatuck• • T •people to the number of perhaps»‘1,000 gathered about the war mem-lt;■orial erected in memory of the menwho died in the recent World war to■ .witness the impressive and inspiringrceremonies with which the shaft, was• itoday dedicated.The handsome memorial, the giftjgaaj*of Harris Whittemore was £oimallaccepted by the borough with fittingexercises, the dedicatory address being delivered by William J. Neavy,His address went deep down and touched the heartstrings of the as semiha'ge and many aW welled up in the eyes ot those present in spiteIof efforts to keep them back.•After the exercises at the Soldiers• •The praver of dedication offered by Rev. P. C. Pearson of St. Michael achurch follows: . .“Almighiv God, we-thank Thee for -Thy guidance in the days that are nast, We thaiut Thee for Thy* and watchfulness in the days of peril-, when the dark cloud of war hu n g over this fair- land of ours. ^ W thank Thee for those brave souls to-whose memory this memorial has-been erected. From then* willingsacrifice in the cause of auinanity mav we learn a lesson to guide u$. through life. May we realize that justice and truth shall live in this world only as long as there arethose who. are willing, if' need h«vto pav the supreme sacrifice foi theUexistence. Help us, oh God, to real-, jze that in the days of peace, as welL as in the turbulent times of war, there is the same need for good citizens to dedicate their lives and their energies to the protection of the highideals which these, our dead, URVO’beoueathed us.“Oh, God, bless all those who-bore the brunt of battle and ever bomindful of the widows and orphansAm' rl rf rl P.nillTctdGS. W'6 'tllfl.ll 1C
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Naugatuck Daily News
Naugatuck, Connecticut, US
Mon, May 30, 1921
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