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June 5, 1921
The Meeker Herald
Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Garfield County, Colorado
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Former President Woodrow Wilson breaks his post-retirement silence with a Memorial Day message published in Stars and Stripes, urging fulfillment of World War duties and rededication to the nation's ideals.
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WOODROW WILSON'S MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE
Washington, May 30—Woodrow Wilson broke Friday the silence he has maintained since he retired from the White House on March 4.
In a Memorial Day letter to the editor of the Stars and Stripes which was published in that soldier periodical, he says the following:
"Memorial Day has always been one of our most solemn and thoughtful anniversaries when we recalled great memories and dedicated ourselves again to the maintenance and purification of the nation, but this year it has an added and tremendous significance because the memories and sacrifices of the great World War are now among the most stimulating of the recollections of the day.
"We celebrate the immortal achievements of the men who died in France on the field and in the trenches, far away from home, in order that both our own people and the peoples across the seas might be delivered from the ugliest peril of all history. It is our privilege not only to indulge a high and solemn pride and grief for the heroes of that great struggle, but also to re-dedicate ourselves to the achievement of the great objects for which that war was fought. We shall not be happy; we shall not be able to enjoy the full pride of the day's recollections until we have made sure that the duties that grew out of the war have been fulfilled to the utmost.
"Are we sure? If we are not, shall we not soon take steps to do whatever has been omitted?
"Cordially yours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
Washington, May 30—Woodrow Wilson broke Friday the silence he has maintained since he retired from the White House on March 4.
In a Memorial Day letter to the editor of the Stars and Stripes which was published in that soldier periodical, he says the following:
"Memorial Day has always been one of our most solemn and thoughtful anniversaries when we recalled great memories and dedicated ourselves again to the maintenance and purification of the nation, but this year it has an added and tremendous significance because the memories and sacrifices of the great World War are now among the most stimulating of the recollections of the day.
"We celebrate the immortal achievements of the men who died in France on the field and in the trenches, far away from home, in order that both our own people and the peoples across the seas might be delivered from the ugliest peril of all history. It is our privilege not only to indulge a high and solemn pride and grief for the heroes of that great struggle, but also to re-dedicate ourselves to the achievement of the great objects for which that war was fought. We shall not be happy; we shall not be able to enjoy the full pride of the day's recollections until we have made sure that the duties that grew out of the war have been fulfilled to the utmost.
"Are we sure? If we are not, shall we not soon take steps to do whatever has been omitted?
"Cordially yours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
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Politics
Celebration
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Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Day
World War
Stars And Stripes
Presidential Message
What entities or persons were involved?
Woodrow Wilson
Where did it happen?
Washington
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Primary Location
Washington
Event Date
May 30
Key Persons
Woodrow Wilson
Event Details
Woodrow Wilson, retired from the White House on March 4, broke his silence with a Memorial Day letter to the editor of Stars and Stripes, published in the soldier periodical, reflecting on the significance of the day in light of World War sacrifices and calling for fulfillment of war-related duties.