It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.
More Quotes by Edward Everett
And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
There is no sanctuary of virtue like home.
God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.
Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.
General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he fell, mortally wounded, at the head of his advance.