Memorial Day Tribute or Maine Patriot Address

Josiah Maples-Revolutionary War
Sevierville, Tennessee

Memorial Day Tribute, to Joshua Chamberlain, a Maine Patriot, whose address at Gettysburg in 1886, was shared on Civil War Bummer as a comment by John Roark. Will let Chamberlain and Roark finish this memory. Thanks John!

Gettysburg, PA (1886) Chamberlain and other veterans of the 20th Maine Vol INF Regt dedicated their monument on Little Round Top

Chamberlain spoke:

“In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate the ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that knows us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! The shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls.”

Timeless, poignant, and eloquent testimonial capturing the ‘sense and purpose’ of that occasion as well as for many other similar memorials and Memorial Day!

Bummer also includes the resting place of the Maples family patriarch, Josiah Maples Sr. a veteran of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, whose memorial stands at the Murphy Chapel Cemetery, Old Harris Road, Sevierville, Tennessee.

Memorial Day is filled with parades, marching veterans, celebrants of life, cookouts, family gatherings, a rich heritage of patriotism and while remembering the marked graves of our defenders of freedom, savor a moment for this countries Unknown Heroes, proudly display our Flag or travel to an unfamiliar veteran’s resting place and leave your personal thank you for his or her service.

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