Memorial Day

Memorial Day




Today we honor those who gave their lives in service to the United States. We also honor the 100,000 Americans who have fallen to COVID-19 in the past several months.

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest
On this Field of Grounded Arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry’s shot alarms!
***
Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
At the cannon’s sudden roar,
Or the drum’s redoubling beat.
***
But in this camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.
***
All is repose and peace,
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease,
It is the Truce of God!
***
Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.
***
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.

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