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■ ugurim 01 i no cIuhbicb.nrntliTorl flowers in (htJ wuko of the npprmuliing fighters.Ami lilt! heroic of tho Argomio ami Ninliin, nLi 11 the pcsnco-loving Iioyn from the Shenandoah, tlio enn-lerri Hhoro, tho Clinch Volley and the-snii-kiMH.il valloyM (Jf 0ld Virginiamuraied triumphant through tho cheering weeping, happy lanes of lioniofolKK on a carpet of roue potato, the trllmto In glory they had achieved.And while they initrchcvt a silent host, iiiviaible, ii.mhcIchh (lend yet living. there I hough unseen, marched with them.None saw them, yet they were there, Heads erect, Hhouldera hack, faces wet and oyoK u-glcnming the Uonthle.SH dead marched with the • Ultlltl ft-Mrf living.Erie forma they were, those upiritu of the members of the 1 lflth who fell on Flanders Fields. They made no no Hound na they trod the carpet of roses strewn l»y loving and grateful children.A triumph with tears for those who sleen.Thun did Liu- city remember them in the InHcripUoii on the Arch if Triumph, There were no team on the faces of the human walla between which they paused. This wua in deference to the living that their home-coming should be all joy and gladness.Hut the hiimling heart of mother, knew when “those who were not there'* had passed.Now—An aeroplane whirred above the procession as they passed through the streets. (lirla met them on tho way, and showered them with flowers and kiaae?.—but, pity he, the latter were wrapped in little yellow tisauu paper.At Camp Stuart, where they are In quarters, Virginia headquarters wus set up. and relatives of tho men met them there. There worn scores of touching little scenes, when families were reunited nftur all those nerve-raeking months of anxiety. And it was a happy day.Thursday night the city is to be turned over to them. A street carnival will take place, when an entire street will be roped off, lighted with Japanese lantern, and a big dance given wtlh two bunds furnishing tho music. A thousand home-made cakes will be one feature of the entertainment, and everything else will be done to make the doughboys happy.They will entrain Friday night— nil nights—for Richmond, to stage a big parade there aSturduy before going to Cump Lee for demobilization. The whole regiment should bo mustered out of the service and safely at home again by tho middle of next week.Scarcely had the Virginians left the streets when the battleship Virginia docked, with 1300 more veterans on board. These boys were from the Northwest, but they were just asi—--— —»(Continued to Page* Four,
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Tazewell Clinch Valley News
Tazewell, Virginia, US
Fri, May 23, 1919
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