Memorial Day: Aids for Its Proper Observance by the Schools of Wisconsin1907 - Memorial Day |
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Abraham Lincoln AMERICAN FLAG Andersonville army ban-ner in triumph banner Battery Light Artillery battle blood blue boys brave breath brigade bugle cheer Chickamauga civilization colors comrades crown Dear dear old flag death dedicated drum drum's wild beat eyes fathers Fifteenth Regiment Infantry flowers forget,-lest we forget fought FRANCIS SCOTT KEY Freedom's gave their lives George Henry Boker Gettysburg Giffin of Tennessee gleaming Glenn Hill glory graves gray hand heart Henry Ward Beecher heroes honor host Kelly Field land Lay him low Lest we forget,-lest liberty Little Giffin look marching Markers Memorial Day Meredith's Missionary Ridge monuments nation might live never night numbered o'er patriotism peace rifleman shines Siege of Vicksburg sleep Slocum Ave soul stand star-span-gled Star-spangled Banner stars stripes tears thee thro tion twilight's last gleaming Union Vicksburg wave ban-ner weary Wisconsin Troops
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Page 60 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there...
Page 10 - The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart ; Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, — An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, — lest we forget!
Page 57 - There was news of the fight ; But none of Giffen. — He did not write. I sometimes fancy that, were I king Of the princely Knights of the Golden Ring, With the song of the minstrel in mine ear, And the tender legend that trembles here, I'd give the best on his bended knee, The whitest soul of my chivalry, For " Little Giffen,
Page 12 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 10 - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard, — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord! AMEN.
Page 15 - Hats off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums; And loyal hearts are beating high: Hats off! The flag is passing by!
Page 38 - The past rises before me like a dream. Again we are in the great struggle for national life. We hear the sounds of preparation — the music of boisterous drums — the silver voices of heroic bugles. We see thousands of assemblages, and hear the appeals of orators. We see the pale cheeks of women, and the flushed faces of men ; and in those assemblages we see all the dead whose dust we have covered with flowers.
Page 60 - Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 60 - Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 29 - I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.