*“In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls.” *
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, U.S. Army
“Maine at Gettysburg: Dedication of the Maine Monuments at Gettysburg”
October 3, 1889
Many thanks to those who’ve fought, suffered and died for our country. You are remembered and missed.