For The Children Poem by T.D. Euwaite

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The Letter from Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel
“It’s for our families.”
“It’s for our children.”

The Mayflower Compact
“It’s for our families.”
“It’s for our children.”

The Massachusetts Body of Liberties
“It’s for our families.”
“It’s for our children.”

The Declaration of Independence
“It’s for our families.”
“It’s for our children.”

The Federalist Papers
“It’s for our families.”
“It’s for our children.”

The Monroe Doctrine
“It’s for our families.”
“It’s for our children.”

The letter to Mrs. Bixby
“You’ve lost your family.”
“You’ve lost your children.”

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Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov.21,1864.
Dear Madam, -
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
A. Lincoln
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