Excerpt from Selections for Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools Each returning Memorial Day brings to the youth of this land the privilege of placing a token of appreciation upon the graves of those who gloriously laid their lives upon the country's altar in time of need. It brings an opportunity to gladden the hearts of their surviving comrades by the knowledge that the rising generation is inspired with the same ardent love of coun try and reverence for the flag that impelled them to offer their lives in its defense. The day is consecrated to the purpose of honoring all, living or dead, who contributed to the preservation of the Union. It is more than a holiday; it is a holy day; sacred to the memory of those who shed their blood for freedom and liberty, devoted to the solemn pleasure of honoring those of the living who risked the horrors of war that each and every man might partake of the benefits of freedom, and dedicated to the necessity of so training the youth that free institutions bought with blood and treasure may never crumble and decay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.