Articles about 'Memorial Day'
May 22nd, 2009
MEMORIAL FLOWERS.
By M. M.
Blue violets open their saintly eyes,
Red columbines bend and sway,
White star-flowers twinkle in beds of moss,
And, blooming, they seem to say,
“We bring you the red and the white and the blue
To welcome Memorial-day.”
So gather them, children, at earliest dawn,
While yet they are fresh with dew,
And we’ll scatter them over the sacred mounds
Where...
May 24th, 2008
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is one of America’s greatest poets.
Here’s a recording of him, from 1890. He’s reading from a poem called “America” which has been preserved on a wax cylinder from 1888.
The lines he’s reading can be a little hard to understand. Here’s what he’s saying:
“America
Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike...
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