Happy 243rd Birthday To The United States Army 1775-2018

"This We'll Defend"

United States Army Motto

The Lexington Minuteman

Captain John Parker

Lexington, Massachusetts

March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free

Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory

We're the Army and proud of our name

We're the Army and proudly proclaim

First to fight for the right,

And to build the Nation's might,

And the Army Goes Rolling Along

Proud of all we have done,

Fighting till the battle's won,

And the Army Goes Rolling Along!

(Refrain)

Then it's Hi! Hi! Hey!

The Army's on its way.

Count off the cadence loud and strong

For where e'er we go,

You will always know

That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

Valley Forge, Custer's ranks,

San Juan Hill and Patton's tanks,

And The Army Went Rolling Along.

Minutemen from the start,

Always fighting from the heart,

And The Army Keeps Rolling Along.

Men in rags, men who froze,

Still that Army met its foes,

And The Army Went Rolling Along.

Faith in God, then we're right,

And we'll fight with all our might,

As The Army Keeps Rolling Along.

To all the men and women who have served, and who

are serving today in the United States Army, thank you

for your service to this nation and for my freedom!

Happy Birthday!

"The Army Goes Rolling Along"

Harold W. Arberg

(1956)

Music by John Phillip Sousa

(1917)