THE LONELY BUGLE GRIEVES BY GRENVILLE MELLEN The trump hath blown, And now upon that reeking hill Slaughter rides screaming on the vengeful ...

 TICONDEROGA (May 10, 1775) BY V. B. WILSON The cold, gray light of the dawning On old Carillon falls, And dim in the mist of the morning S...

A SONG FOR LEXINGTON BY ROBERT KELLEY WEEKS The spring came earlier on Than usual that year; The shadiest snow was gone. The slowest brook w...

PAUL REVERE'S RIDE (April 18, 1775) BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul R...

The Volunteer by: Elbridge Jefferson Cutler (1831-1870)   "At dawn," he said, "I bid them all farewell, To go where bugles ca...

CONCORD HYMN BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON (Sung at the Completion of the Battle Monument, July 4, 1837) By the rude bridge that arched the flood, ...

The Song of the Cannon by Sam Walter Foss   When the diplomats cease from their capers, Their red-tape requests and replies, Their shuttleco...

AN APPEAL FOR AMERICA BY WILLIAM PITT (Addressed to LORD CHATHAM In Parliament, January 20, I775) Who said I'm not Patriotic? 'My Lo...

Liberty Forever         Darkness closed upon the country and upon the town, but it was no not for sleep. Heralds on swift relays of horses t...

Three cheers for the red, white and blue!        When we speak of the glory of our fathers, we mean not that vulgar renown to be attained by...

 Kitten's Night Thoughts Oliver Hereford When Human Folk put out the light And think they've made it dark as night, A Pussy Cat sees...

Politely Diane Willson When Goldilocks went calling On the Little Baby Bear And spoiled his bowl of porridge And sat holes into his chair- I...