Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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kg randi? we la The United Statey would not exiyt today if certain men and women had not helieved that freedom wax more important than life itfelf. After winning the privilege of heing freemen, they were willing to leave their loved homey and endure the war'J desolation in order to keep their moft prized poueuion. We have alwayx hailed outftanding lover! of freedom. We expreff our gratitude and love to thofe who are now giving everything for the .fake of freedom. The men who left their johf and familief to go out to avenge Pearl Harhorg the women who are so valiantl y taking up their tayks on the home front and are maintaining their homey as plaeex worth fighting for,- theye are the people we hail. The studentf and the faculty huy each week a thouxand dollarx of war saving Jtampf, and make monthly contrihutionf to the Chicago Servicemen'5 Center. Individual teacherf and studentf give time to war work. We hail all who give Jupport to our fighting men. , F101

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FOREWORD Picture a war zone. Sbips bombard a strongbold. Bombs burst, rockets explode and a baze of smoke bangs low. A prisoner walks tbe deck in anguisb. All day and nigbt tbe battle bas been going on, and now, as it becomes ligbt, a beavy mist bides tbe ramparts. It seems impossible tbat tbe fortress can sur- vive tbe attack, for its guns are small and its defenders few. But suddenly at seven o'clock a rift in tbe mist sbows a flag still gallantl y streaming. No, it is not 1944, but 1814. It was during tbis nigbt one bundred and tbirty years ago that our national antbem was created. Amid tbe rockets' red glare and tbe bombs bursting in air Francis Scott Key, tbe prisoner on tbe Britisb vessel, composed Tbe Star-Spangled Banner . Again as in 1814 our country is engaged in a perilous figbtu to keep tbe Stars and Stripes still waving over tbe bomes of a free and a brave people. A struggle against tyranny is necessary once more to safeguard our rigbts. Tbe trutbs wbicb tbe song sets fortb will live as long as tbere are free men to sing it. Boys wbo bave learned tbis song in our scbool are now out on a battlefield figbting for tbe ideals for wbicb our flag stands. We memorize tbis song,' we study tbis incident and otbers in our national bistoryg and we discuss tbe meaning of tbe ideals on wbicb our government was founded in order to under- stand clearly wby we are figbting and wbat kind of peace we want. And so we know more tban tbe refraing we are conscious of otber mean- in gful pbrases. We bave borrowed sucb pbrases for our book and we emphasize tbem as part of our American berita ge. I9I

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