Spc. Isiah L. Booker January 7, 2017
Army Spc. John P. Rodrigues January 12, 2017
Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens January 29, 2017
Pfc. Brian P. Odiorne February 20, 2017
Sgt. 1st Class Robert R. Boniface March 19, 2017
On Christmas Eve in 1818
a blizzard stranded the tiny village of Ogledorf,
nestled in the Austrian mountains.
That same day the people of St. Nicholas’ church found their organ broken
so the priest and organist began composing a song that could be sung without
an organ, yet beautiful enough to express their Christmas joy. Continue reading “the lion and the lamb”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was filled with sorrow at the tragic death of his wife in a fire in 1861. The Civil War broke out the same year, and it seemed this was an additional punishment. Two years later, Longfellow was again saddened to learn that his own son had been seriously wounded in the Army of the Potomac.
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