Let us then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime ; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor ; let us in this solemn presence... History of the Grand Army of the Republic - Page 91by Robert Burns Beath - 1889 - 702 pagesFull view - About this book
| Arlington National Cemetery (Va.) - 1868 - 32 pages
...sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of spring time; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved...have left among us, a sacred charge upon a nation's gratitude—the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief... | |
| Christopher Toppan Thayer - Lancaster (Mass.) - 1868 - 82 pages
...then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains, and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime...us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid those whom they have left among us, a sacred charge upon a' nation's gratitude, the soldier's and sailor's... | |
| Grand Army of the Republic - United States - 1884 - 186 pages
...us, then, at the time appointed gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime...the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be... | |
| Russell H. Conwell - 1884 - 524 pages
...then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime...the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be... | |
| Grand Army of the Republic - United States - 1884 - 188 pages
...remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime ; let »s raise above them the dear old flag they saved from...have left among us, a sacred charge upon a nation's gratitude—the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief... | |
| Russell H. Conwell - 1884 - 524 pages
...then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime...us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid aud assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon a Nation's gratitude — the soldier's... | |
| Grand Army of the Republic - 1885 - 1084 pages
...us, then, at the time appointed gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime...the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope thatit will be... | |
| William H. Ward - California - 1886 - 642 pages
...then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime...the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be... | |
| George Francis Dawson - Soldiers - 1887 - 652 pages
...then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains, and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of spring-time...the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance, with the hope that it will... | |
| United States. 49th Congress, 2d session, 1886-1887 - 1887 - 236 pages
...then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of springtime...whom they have left among us, a sacred charge upon the nation's gratitude — the soldiers' and sailors' widows and orphans. It is the purpose of the... | |
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