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Hace 1 día · Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) Arranged by Peter Wilhousky (1902-1978) One of America’s most beloved patriotic songs, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” has a fascinating origin. Julia Ward Howe wrote the lyrics in 1861 after hearing the tune “John Brown’s Body” at a public viewing of union troops while in Washington D.C.
Hace 2 días · You may not recognize the name – Julia Ward Howe. She was one of the most well-known women of the 19th century. Julia spoke against slavery, campaigned for child welfare and equal education, as well as prison reform. Julia Howe was the first person with the idea for Mother’s Day. She tirelessly promoted the right for women to vote.
Hace 1 día · The words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic were written by Julia Ward Howe, an active White abolitionist, in 1861, which was sung as a marching song by Union troops. In 1900 Black civil rights activist and NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson and his brother John Rosamond Johnson wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing .
Anne Crawford was born on January 11, 1846 in Rome, the eldest child of American parents, sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Ward, daughter of banker Samuel Ward. Louisa Ward's sister was American abolitionist and poet Julia Ward Howe. Anne Crawford's siblings were novelists F. Marion Crawford and Mary Crawford Fraser.
Hace 1 día · H+H member Julia Ward Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” during the Civil War. In 1865, H+H performed at the memorial service for Abraham Lincoln.
Hace 4 días · Katharine Lee Bates, a poet and professor at Wellesley College, is best known as the author of "America the Beautiful," which she wrote after a trip to Pike's Peak in 1893. She was born on Aug. 12 ...
Hace 5 días · The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (2004) was awarded the Julia Ward Howe Prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different was published in 2006, and The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History was published in 2008.
