Bowing her head to the dust of the earth,
Smitten and stricken is she;
Light after light gone out from her hearth,
Son after son from her knee.
Bowing her head to the dust at her feet,
Weeping her beautiful slain;
Silence! keep silence for aye in the street—
See! they are coming again!
Alethea S. Burroughs
Sherman enters Savannah, 1864
Reconstruction Act put in effect in Georgia, 1869
December Twenty-Third
The glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command; it will continue to animate remote ages.
(President of Congress, to General Washington)
Washington resigns his commission as Commander-in-Chief, Annapolis, 1783
December Twenty-Fourth
CHRISTMAS EVE