Battle of Nashville
THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH HOLDS IN CHECK THE CONTENDING FORCES THAT STRUGGLED HERE IN THE FIERE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE, DECEMBER 16TH, 1864, SEALING FOREVER THE BOND OF UNION BY THE BLOOD OF OUR HEROIC DEAD OF THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918.
A MONUMENT LIKE THIS, STANDING ON SUCH MEMORIES, HAVING NO REFERENCE TO UTILITIES, BECOMES A SENTIMENT, A POET, A PROPHET, AN ORATOR TO EVERY PASSERBY.
“OH, VALOROUS GRAY, IN THE GRAVE OF YOUR FATE, OH, GLORIUS BLUE, IN THE LONG DEAD YEARS, YOU WERE SOWN IN SORROW AND HARROWED IN HATE, BUT YOUR HARVEST TODAY IS A NATION’S TEARS. FOR THE MESSAGE YOU LEFT THROUGH THE LAND HAS SPED FROM THE LIPS OF GOD TO THE HEART OF MAN: LET THE PAST BE PAST, LET THE DEAD BY DEAD – NOW AND FOREVER, AMERICAN!”
Submitted by
Bryan Arnold
@nanowhiskers