Week 7 Flashcards
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Schofield
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Major General John M. Schofield
Born 1831 Died 1906
Union Commander, promoted to Brigadier General after the Battle of Franklin
Served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York
Spoke to graduating class in 1879
2
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America the Beautiful
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Poem written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1893 in Antlers Hotel in downtown Colorado Springs
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3
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America the Beautiful verse 1
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee.
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
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America the Beautiful verse 2
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern impassioned stress, A thoroughfare of freedom beat, Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!
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America the Beautiful verse 3
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O beautiful for heroes proved, In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine. Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine!
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America the Beautiful verse 4
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O beautiful for patriot dream, That sees beyond the years, Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea!
