APRIL 1925
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
AMERICAN?
By Roselle Mercier Montgomery
This little interpretation of what
it means to be an American was read
before the Manhattan Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its
founding. — The Editor.
Page Nineteen
THE UNITED AMERICAN
Each tablet and each monument mark
well
That we, remembering, 'have raised to
tell
How they were victor here—how there,
■they fell!
Bow your uncovered heads in reverence
deep
Beside the honored places where they
sleep —
The memory of their deeds forever keep!
Learn to respect, all ye who cannot
share
The brave inheritance we proudly wear
As heirs of those who lie so silent there!
They dreamed and dared — and died,
when need arose.
In true Americans their red blood flows!
Who fail to honor it, we call — our
country’s foes!
Around a foreign group the question
ran:
What does it mean to be American?
And I have answered it as best I can.
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What does it mean to be American?
Around a foreign group the question
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I strive to answer it as best I can!
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What does it mean? I look across the
The Honor and Integrity of the |
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I see them come — but through a mist
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of tears —
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Our gallant forbears, full of hopes and
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fears!
Your surety of Satisfactory |
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I see them leave behind for conscience’
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sake,
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The homes they loved, the ties so hard
to break —
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Their questing, wondering westward
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way to take.
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Work every minute of the day.
success.
I used to wonder why he never
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Loafed along the road an’ shirked;
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I can’t recall a time whenever
The men and women joined in homely
Father played while others worked.
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toil —
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Where they then planted, now our heart My father didn’t dress in fashion,
Sort of hated clothing new,
roots coil!
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The style with him was not a passion, | 1030 Ch. of Com. Bldg. Brd’wy 0462 |
II see them build their homes, their house
He had other things in view.
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And then I had no way of knowing
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II see them kneel in simple worship
What 'became of father’s pay.
there!
For all I knew was when I needed
I I hear the drums of War’s alarum beat,
The Jeweler
Shoes I got ’em on the spot;
II see them seize their arms, rise to their And everything for Which I pleaded
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I wondered, season after season,
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Why he never took a rest,
I I see them face and conquer every foe, And that I might be the reason
Then I never even guessed.
I see great cities rise, a nation grow,
To whose broad, breast Earth’s eager I saw his cheeks were getting paler,
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pilgrims go!
Didn’t understand just why.
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I saw his body growing frailer,
To be American — is to be one
Evenings
by
appointment
Then at last I saw him die.
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rest
had
come.
His
tasks
were
ended,
A worthy daughter, or a noble son!
Calm was written on his brow:
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To succor you, to wipe your tears away,
And I understand it clearly now.
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Must come as they came, in that older
day!
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Their questing made a noble pilgrimage, head about fame, Pat. It rarely comes I DR. LEIF UNDERDAHL
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Their daring wrote a bright, illumined to any of us until after we are dead.”
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Pat: “Faix, an’ o’im willing to shtay
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Their dreaming is our country’s heritage! here and wait for it.”
Work a Specialty
New pilgrims from the lands beyond the
Office: 1221 Selling Building
Uncle: “If you are good, Charlie, I’ll
sea,
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give you this nice bright new penny.’
If true Americans you wish to be,
Nephew: “Haven’t you got a dirty I Reg. Office Hours Eve. by Appointment |
Take them to be your patterns,
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old nickle instead?”
reverently.
A NEW LINE
Forget the Old World wrongs and
Cash Paid for false teeth, dental, gold,
“Do you suppose hardware stores could
tyranny,
platinum and discarded jewelry.
Reject the new, base use of Liberty — sell golf suits and motor togs?”
Hoke Smelting & Refining Co.
“Of course! — Don’t most of ’em carry
Read well the page they .wrote in
Otsego, Michigan
clothes lines new?”
—Harware Age.
history!
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STAPLES
Dr. Harold G. Trommald