Word: wars
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...soldiers who fought in the war were those who first made the attempt to solidify the Union, and foremost among these was one who took for his motto, which is now indelibly engraved over his tomb at Riverside, 'Let us Have Peace...
...forth today to decorate the graves of all heroes no matter in what war they fought, but the Civil War is naturally uppermost in our minds." General Porter than gave a short account of the war, stating the feelings which the progress of the struggle created throughout the North...
...war of aggrandizement. It was entered on as a solemn duty. The soldiers entered the ranks reluctantly and left gladly. They served in the spirit of the Shakesperian soldier, who said 'Cheer me on that we may reap the harvest of peace from this one act of bloody war!' They found treason and left loyalty, and made the name of American citizenship the proudest passport that a man can early throughout the entire world...
...MEMORIAL SERVICE to commemorate the Sons of Harvard who fell in the Civil War. Sanders Theatre, 12 M. General Horace Porter, LL.D., will deliver the address. Students will assemble by classes in front of University Hall at 11.30 A. M., and, with the officers of the University, members of the Memorial Society, other graduates, and members of Charles Beck Post, G. A. R., march to Sanders Theatre. It is suggested that those who would like to do so bring flowers to be placed under the tablets in the Memorial Transept...
...second cups offered by the Speaker's Club for the best original ten-minute speeches on any subject whatever, the first cup was awarded to St. J. Perret '10, who delivered "A Eulogy over the Tomb of Father Turgis, a Chaplain of the Southern Army in the Civil War, on the Occasion of a Reunion of Confederate Veterans." B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 was awarded the second cup for a speech on "Social Life at Harvard." The judges were E. Bernbaum '02, F. W. C. Hersey '99, and A. H. Lyber...