Loose item - News clipping, "Honor in death on of Canada's greatest sons"
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A newspaper clipping reporting the death and funeral for Sir Robert Laird Borden, former Prime Minister of Canada, 1939. (Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937).
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- Forecasts Showers Sun Rose 5.13; S (Daylight Saving T1 94th Year, No. 308. Honor In Death One of Canada’s Greatest Sons Representatives of Empire And of Foreign Lands Join With Dominion in Tribute to Sir R. Borden Thousands Line Route Of Funeral Procession -----—----- Elements Add to Solemnity Of Occasion With Na-ture’s Grand Requiem. Proudly and sorrowfully Canada on Saturday afternoon laid to rest her war-time Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden. Representatives of foreign powers joined with the repre- sentative of His Majesty King George VI and representatives of Canadian government and national life in paying tribute to the Empire statesman. The nation to which he gave pres- tige by his leadership honored him in death with a state fun- eral, while the last rites were conducted by the church through which he had rever- enced his God. A sky rent by thunder and lightning was Nature s requiem as the white-haired statesman was laid to rest in a tree- shaded plot at Beechwood cemetery, while “the gentle rain from heaven" was a sym- bol of sublime grief. Under Spreading Maple On the crest of a knoll, shaded by a spreading maple, whose tinted leaves will strew his grave in the autumn season with the emblems of the country he brought to nationhood, Sir Robert thus was borne to his final resting place. The elements combined to vest the obsequies of Canada’s war- time prime minister with a gran- deur befitting the occasion. The early sunshine of the afternoon flooded the streets as the body of Sir Robert was borne in solemn procession from his home to All Saints’ church. During the service the-skies darkened, until, as the cortege moved through lanes of silent citizens, lightning flashed and was succeeded by rolls of thunder. Some rain-drops spattered the mourners gathered around the grave. But when they left, the thunder-clouds passed on, and once again Sir Robert’s sepulcher lay bathed in the russet light of the setting sun. Thousands Line Route. His fellow-mortals accorded Sir Robert Borden a tribute given few men. Thousands lined the route as the stately procession passed by. Archbishop J. C. Roper broke a custom of the Church of England to pay stirring eulogy at the ser- vice in All Saints’ church. In '‘saying farewell to all that was mortal of Sir Robert Borden,” in the words of Archbishop Roper, Ottawans were paying affectionate tribute to a fellow-citizen as well as honoring a national figure. When a career rich with achievement ended peacefully at 7.30 a.m. on Thursday, spontane- ous tribute to Sir Robert flowed in from every part of the world. None was deeper or more sincere than from the city which in know- ing him best loved him most; and this was exemplified by the mani- fest sorrow at the funeral. Long before the procession was scheduled to leave Glensmere, his Wurtemberg street home, which he had occupied almost from the time he came to Ottawa, a large crowd had gathered outside the residence, hundreds more lined the route and a vast crowd assembled before the church. It was the first funeral of a former Canadian prime minister since the death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in February, 1919, and the first state funeral in Canada since that given four years ago to another war-time leader, Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian troops in France. Veterans Form Guard. Veterans of the Great War, who answered the call to arms while Sir Robert was at the head of the government, and who idolized the eminent statesman, formed a guard of honor by lining the route of the procession. The stately cortege was headed by a scarlet- coated detachment of Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police, followed by the band of the Governor- General’s Foot Guards. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Public Harbor Declare A The harbor of Grindstone, Mag-dalen Islands, in Quebec, com- prising all waters of Pleasant Bay and Leslie Cove has been declared a public harbor, according to a proclamation published last night in the Canada Gazette. Today’s Events Association of Canadian Fire Marshals, Convention, Chateau, all day. Pasture Conference, Experimental Farm, all day. Rotary Club, Chateau, 12.45 p.m. Public School Board, special meeting. 7:30 p.m. National Art Gallery, open from 10 a m. to 3 p.m. Theater announcements on Page 8.
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