Memorial Day Observation

Title

Memorial Day Observation

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP20667

Date

1919 May 29

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library

Subject

Press Releases
Memorial Day

Language

English

Text

FOR RELEASE FOR THE AFTERNOON PAPERS, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1919.

My fellow-countrymen:

Memorial Day wears this year an added significance and I wish, if only by a message, to take part with you in its observation and in expressing the sentiments which it inevitably suggests. In observing the day we commemorate not only the reunion of our own country but also now the liberation of the world from one of the most serious dangers to which free government and the free life of men were ever exposed. We have buried the gallant and now immortal men who died in this great war of liberation with a new sense of consecration. Our thoughts and purpose now are consecrated to the maintenance of the liberty of the world and of the union of its people in a single comradeship of liberty and of right. It was for this that our men conscientiously offered their lives. They came to the field of battle with the high spirit and pure heart of crusaders. We must never forget the duty that their sacrifice has laid upon us of fulfilling their hopes and their purpose to the utmost. This it seems to me is the impressive lesson and the inspiring mandate of the day.

WOODROW WILSON

Original Format

Miscellaneous

Files

D30281.pdf

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Memorial Day Observation,” 1919 May 29, WWP20667, Woodrow Wilson Press Statements, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.