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BENEATH THE FLAG, by                    
First Line: On the sunny hillside sleeping
Last Line: Side by side march blue and gray!
Subject(s): Flags - United States;holidays;memorial Day; American Flag;declaration Day


ON the sunny hillside sleeping,
On the calm and placid plain,
By the rivers swiftly sweeping,
By the rudely roaring main,
Lie the men who saved the nation
In the dark hour long ago,
Meeting death with proud elation
From a brave but erring foe.

In their earthly sleep unending
Do the nation's martyred sons
Hear the war shouts hoarsely blending
With the booming of the guns?
Do they quicken at the rattle
As the mighty band sweeps by?
Do they see that still in battle
Heroes rise to do or die?

Let us hope these warriors knighted
In the bright hereafter know
That our nation firm united
Faces now a common foe;
That beneath the dear Old Glory,
Clearing freedom's splendid way,
Adding luster to its story,
Side by side march Blue and Gray!





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