Tributes to Abraham Lincoln . hey do, vol-untarily, insurance of the nation forthe preservation of its lawful govern-ment have no other ambition than toserve as useful constructive citizens;than to be guided by principles and pre-cepts of the man we honor today, saidthe statement Lincolns endeavorswere ever to strengthen the moralfabric of this republic to counteractthose forces that weaken and felt the proper care and consider-ation for the veterans who fought thebattles for Americas defense one of themost important and constructive forcesto that end. The American legion has for it
Tributes to Abraham Lincoln . hey do, vol-untarily, insurance of the nation forthe preservation of its lawful govern-ment have no other ambition than toserve as useful constructive citizens;than to be guided by principles and pre-cepts of the man we honor today, saidthe statement Lincolns endeavorswere ever to strengthen the moralfabric of this republic to counteractthose forces that weaken and felt the proper care and consider-ation for the veterans who fought thebattles for Americas defense one of themost important and constructive forcesto that end. The American legion has for itsprincipal reason for being that Americastay the way we fought that it mightstay—American. We propose to do thisconstructively—through a real andrighteous consciousness of our duties asAmerican citizens that the principles ofwhich Lincoln has given us such highexample may be ever strengthened andmaintained. jH/ t-fl Vf-v^ l 11—? 2% I { I MacHider, Hanford TRIBUTE —^ CE ^ Lincolns Spirit jLii^s On InLegion, Head Says. HANFORD MacNIDER INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 13.—Abra-»ham Lincoln typifies to every Amer-ican the rugged honesty and high in-tegrity we like to associate with ourideals for ouv country and its insti-tutions. The men and women of the Amer«>ican Legion, offering as they do, vol-untarily, insurance to the nation forthe preservation of its lawful gov-ernment, have no other ambitionthan to serve as useful constructivecitizens, than to be guided by prin-ciples and precepts of the man wahonor today. - Lincolns endeavors were ever to^strengthen the moral fabric of thisrepublic to counteract those forcesthat weaken and destroy. He feltthe proper care and consideration forthe veterans who fought the battlesfor Americas defense one of th&most important and constructiveforces to that end. We propose to do this construct-ively—through education and exarn-ple, through a real and righteousconsciousness of our duties as Amer-ican citizens that the principles ofwhich Linco
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