Sarah McLean, Wilson
High School, Grade 10, 1st Prize for Wilson City.
The gallant sons of our country were among the first to lay
down their lives that democracy might live and that America might be free from
autocracy.
Our gratitude should take some form that will show to the
world the place our boys will always hold in the affection of the people. Hence
the idea of a memorial community building for the citizens of Wilson and Wilson
county was conceived as a fitting tribute to the greatest and most efficient
soldiery the world has ever known.
Everybody should contribute to the erection of this building
if they failed to they would be deprived of the greatest privilege of the
greatest century.
We couldn’t fight but we can give, and we can give, so that
the honor and glory of our youth shall be upheld and for ages to come the
memorial community building of Wilson will stand as an everlasting monument.
Mamie Mercer,
Tomlinson School, 8th Grade, Black Creek, 1st Prize,
Wilson County
Never before in the history of the world has such a war been
fought, and who does not rejoice that the end had come and the world made safe
for democracy? We further rejoice that it was the full-blooded Americans from
Wilson County that helped to this. To the men we owe a debt which we can never
repay, but we can erect a memorial building in Wilson that will show our
appreciation for what they have done and will be a living monument in honor of
their heroic deeds.
Besides this memorial community building will be very
beneficial to the citizens of Wilson county, therefore, every citizen should
have a common interest in the building. A building fund must be raised and it
is the duty of every citizen of Wilson county to contribute liberally to this
cause. Our victorious heroes were not slackers and we must not dishonor
ourselves by being a slacker in this great movement.
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