THE MUFFLED drum's sad roll has beat

The soldier's last tattoo;

No more on Life's parade shall meet

That brave and fallen few.

On Fame's eternal camping-ground 5 

Their silent tents are spread,

And Glory guards, with solemn round,

The bivouac of the dead.

Bivouac Of The Dead, by Theodore O'Hara

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of Summer, pool parties, traveling, vacations,

"...gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime....let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the Nation's gratitude,...the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan." - General John Logan, General Order No. 11, 5 May 1868

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