Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands,
And of armed men the hum;
Lo! a nation's hosts have gathered
Round the quick alarming drum...
Saying, "Come,
Freemen, come!
Ere your heritage be wasted,"
said the quick alarming drum.
Lexington Green
19th of April, 1775
Don Troiani
"Let me of my heart take counsel:
War is not of life the sum;
Who shall stay and reap the harvest
When the autumn days shall come,
But the drum
Echoed, "Come!
Death shall reap the braver harvest,"
said the solemn-sounding drum.
The Blue And The Gray
American Civil War
(1861-1865)
American Civil War
(1861-1865)
Mort Kunstler
"But when won the coming battle,
What of profit springs therefrom?
What if conquest, subjugation,
Even greater ills become?"
But the drum
Answered, "Come!
You must do the sum to prove it,"
said the Yankee-answering drum.
Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill
Spanish-American War 1898
Frederic Remington
(1909)
"What if, 'mid the cannons' thunder,
Whistling shot and bursting bomb,
When my brothers fall around me,
Should my heart grow cold and numb?
But the drum,
Answered, "Come!
Better there in death united than in life a recreant-Come!"
The Americans At Chateau-Thierry
World War I 1918/1919
NC Wyeth
Thus they answered-hoping, fearing,
Some in faith, and doubting some,
Till a trumpet-voice proclaiming,
Said, "My chosen people, come!"
Then the drum
Lo! was dumb
For the great heart of the nation, throbbing,
answered, "Lord, we come!"
Iwo Jima
World War II
(1939-1945)
(1939-1945)
Brian Hustead
At The Cutting Edge Of Battle
Korean War (1950-53)
James Dietz
The Screaming Eagles
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Bob George
The Lightning Of Desert Storm
Gulf War (1990-91)
James Dietz
Strike On Karbala
Operation Iraqi Freedom
(2003-2011)
James Dietz
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
(2001-2014)
James Dietz
To all Americans who have honorably served and who are
serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
thank you for my freedom. God bless you!
"The Reveille"
Bret Hart
(1836-1902)
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