They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
Henry Ward Beecher
And they who for their country die
Shall fill an honored grave,
For glory lights the soldier’s tomb,
And beauty weeps the brave.
Joseph Drake
With the tears a Land hath shed
Their graves should ever be green.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
Lee Greenwood
