Springfield High School - Resume Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Under row r cf a soft mornlnig mist, companies of soldiers lzrmerl ranks for battle. Somewhere in the lines. the discharge til a cannon crahed through ll1ClTllSl.CCl'1OIV1g and re echoing over the sound of soldiers' Cries and horses' stamping fee? Aijain and yet again, the resonant volley thundered as men in blur' fought men in gray. Slowly the smoke of battle drifted upward. turned blue, and lingered a moment to dim the brightness of the August sun Several hours later broken shells, empty guns, and war turn earth lay beneath the pall of smoke, giving mute tester mony that the battle was ended On the hallowed battleground where that fateful struggle occurred a single white stone now stands, sentinelrlike, atop Bloody Hill, The years that are to come may see the loills and valleys of the battleground transformed into a place of beauty The gnarled trees, witnesses of all the tragedies of war, are more appropriate as guardians of flowers, shrubs. and cenotaphsi Each consecrated slope offers opportunity for future commemoration a suitable tribute to those who died. To emphasize the indelible marks it has stamped on the lives of southwest Missourians, to arouse a universal recoga nition of the valor and courage of the men on both sides, and to bring to students' attention its significance, we have chosen as the theme of this book the Battle of Wilson Creek HHXVENLY FIRMAMENT FUEEW