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"Give Me LIBERTY
or Give Me DEATH!"
From the first day man stepped on the shores of this continent soldiers
have been called upon to defend this land and the principals of freedom upon which this
country was founded. So far this is the number of Americans lost in war and are
memorialized in many National Parks.
UNITED STATES WAR DEAD
Revolutionary War |
4,435 |
War of 1812 |
2,260 |
| Mexican War |
13,283 |
| Civil War |
1,086,564 |
| Spanish American War |
2,446 |
| World War I |
116,516 |
| World War II |
406,742 |
| Korean War |
54,246 |
| Vietnam War |
57,939 |
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| American Dead |
1,744,432 |
War of 1812
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Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star
Spangled Banner" after he saw that Old Glory had survived a 1,500 round bombardment
of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The audio-visual program at the Fort McHenry
National Monument and Historic Shrine outside of Baltimore, MD portrays those events. During
the final chorus of the Star Spangled Banner, a drape glides open and reveals this huge
American flag flying over the reconstructed Fort. It was spine tingling! |
Civil War
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Living history demonstrations are
presented at many national sites. Our favorite was the artillery demonstration at
Cold Harbor, one of three sites composing the Richmond National Battlefield Park, in and
around Richmond, VA. Authentically
uniformed units of Union soldiers demonstrated why it took 5 soldiers to load and fire a
cannon. |
Shiloh National
Military Park, east of Memphis, TN
is one of many memorials to the bloody battles of the Civil War. The cannon
emplacements and time worn battlefields are similar at each site, but the human horror
stories and military tactics displays presented in the visitors centers tell a different
tale of human frailty and suffering.
Korean War
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Nineteen stainless steel soldiers slog their way through
mud on a rainy day patrol. The
Korean War Veterans Memorial, sculpted by Frank Gaylord, is a place of reflection
memorializing those who fought and died in this tragic war.
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Vietnamese War
It's not classified as a National
Monument, but the Vietnam Women’s
Memorial sculpted by Glenna Goodacre is as impressive and thought provoking as
other monuments in our Nation’s Capitol. |
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We found the names of the three MIAs (Col
Leo Sydney Boston, USAF; Capt. Ronald Lyle Packard, USAF; and SP4 Leon R. Scriber, USA)
all from Canon City, CO inscribed on the black granite Vietnam
Veterans Memorial. Nearby stands "The Faces of Honor"
sculpted by Frederick Hart as part of the memorial honoring those who died in this war. |
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