The above picture, taken on a chilly November afternoon, shows the statue of Color Sergeant George Simpson atop the 125th Pennsylvania monument at Antietam, standing guard over the Antietam battlefield nearly 150 years after that terrible September day. It is a fitting reminder of the countless men and women who have bravely stood guard over this nation and American liberty for over 235 years. Let us honor and remember all our veterans not only today, but each and every day. Perhaps the words of one of Antietam's veterans put it best:
“In the private soldier I seem to see typified the union of
purpose, the union of valor, and the union of probity, which gave to this war
the benediction of God, and, to our own cause, a glorious victory. Among all
nations and throughout all time the soldier, who endures the throes of warfare
for the sake of his home and his conceptions of liberty and justice, should
merit universal esteem.”
-Captain John Stevenson, veteran of the 100th Pennsylvania, speaking at the dedication for the 100th Pennsylvania Monument at Antietam, September 17, 1904
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