War Cries

Ep 5

Throughout our history, America has gone to war with bravado and with anguish. Songs have helped shape those emotions, and express them—inspiring us to battle, sustaining our courage, giving us a way to lament our losses.

Songs

In Flanders Fields1917 · Three Songs of the WarCharles IvesJohn McCrae A Song of Liberty (op. 49)1902Amy Marcy BeachFrank Lebby Stanton Bunker Hill1775Andrew LawNathaniel Niles The Star-Spangled Banner1814John Stafford SmithFrancis Scott Key The Battle Hymn of the Republic1862Julia Ward Howe Dixie1859Daniel Decatur EmmettDaniel Decatur Emmett All Quiet along the Potomac Tonight1863John Hill HewittEthel Lynn Beers Over There1917George M. CohanGeorge M. Cohan He Is There!1917 · Three Songs of the WarCharles IvesJohn McCrae Shiloh: A Requiem1946 · Soldier SongsHugo WeisgallHerman Melville So Pretty1968Leonard Bernstein A Night Battle1971 · War ScenesNed RoremWalt Whitman When Johnny Comes Marching Home2004 · The Winds of Destiny: American Songbook IVGeorge CrumbPatrick Sarsfield Gilmore