In Remembrance
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This site is dedicated to my many ancestors, and relatives who served so valiantly in the military. The pages are divided up into the various wars they participated in, and honors those who heeded their country's Call to Arms. Were it not for them and the sacrifices they made, we would not have the liberties we enjoy today... [Dwight D. Eisenhower: taken from the dedication of the Golden Book at St. Paul's Cathedral, London]
Memorial Day Address30 May 1884, Keene, NH[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1841-1935] "Such hearts--ah me, how many!--were stilled twenty years ago; and to us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life...there comes a pause, and through the silence we hear the lonely pipe of death. Year after year lovers wandering under the apple trees and through the clover and deep grass are surprised with sudden tears as they see black veiled figures stealing through the morning to a soldier's grave. Year after year the comrades of the dead follow, with public honor, procession, and commemorative flags, and funeral march--honor and grief from us who stand almost alone and have seen the best and noblest of our generation pass away. Full text of another Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Memorial Day address in 1895 is at: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mmd5f/holmesfa.htm A Call to Arms
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The music on this page is: Battle Hymn of the Republic, written in 1862
To listen, simply click on the arrow on the midi-player below...
Music: "John Brown's Body"
CHORUS
Glory, Glory Hallelujah,
Glory, Glory Hallelujah,
Glory, Glory Hallelujah,
His truth is marching on.
Verse 1
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.--CHORUS
Verse 2
I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps,
His day is marching on.--CHORUS
Verse 3
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
"As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My Grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on."--CHORUS
Verse 4
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His Judgement Seat;
Oh! be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.--CHORUS
Verse 5
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.--CHORUS
This midi file was sequenced by Benjamin Tubb, and is used with his permission.
You may visit his web site at: PD Music
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