"Better in one ecstatic epic day
To strike a blow for glory and for truth,
With ardent singing heart to toss away
In freedom's holy cause my eager youth,
Than bear as weary years pass one by one
The knowledge of a scared task undone."

Headstone marking of Lawrence Tennant Ballard, kill in France during World     War I--October 1, 1918. Marker located in Glenwood Cemetery.