. Washington during war time, a series of papers showing the military, political, and social phases during 1861 to 1865; official souvenir of the Thirty-Sixth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic . The Grand Review. by john Mcelroy Senior Vice Commander, Grand Army of the Republic HIvS strifeful old world has seenmany imposing military pageantssince first the sword began todevour, by way of saying the lastword in dispute. But never, noteven In the glory that was Greece,And the grandeur that was Rome, not even when Napoleon marchedhis eagle-bearing legions back toParis from the w
. Washington during war time, a series of papers showing the military, political, and social phases during 1861 to 1865; official souvenir of the Thirty-Sixth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic . The Grand Review. by john Mcelroy Senior Vice Commander, Grand Army of the Republic HIvS strifeful old world has seenmany imposing military pageantssince first the sword began todevour, by way of saying the lastword in dispute. But never, noteven In the glory that was Greece,And the grandeur that was Rome, not even when Napoleon marchedhis eagle-bearing legions back toParis from the wreck of empiresand the destruction of dynasties,did the hours keep pace with the inarch of so mighty atorrent of warlike power as swept in unbroken tide alongPennsylvania Avenue for two wide-arching May days of numbers it was bewildering ; in history, startling ; incharacter, overwhelming. Its banners showed the scars of two thousand battlefields,many of them the bloodiest in history, and were consecratedby the lives of half a million young men who had fallenaround them since first unfurled. A mightier army thanNapoleon led to the mastery of Europe had perished in carry-ing forward those banners to victory. Kach on
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