Frederick Douglass: “We must never forget that the loyal soldiers who rest beneath this sod…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

We must never forget that the loyal soldiers who rest beneath this sod flung themselves between the nation and the nation’s destroyers.

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Frederick Douglass

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At a memorial, Douglass honors the Union soldiers by describing their sacrifice as a defense of the nation against those who sought to destroy it.

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