Julia Ward Howe
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Role: Union Supporter
Significance/Contribution:
- Watched Union soldiers march to war singing "John Brown's Body"
- Felt tune needed better words so she wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Significance/Contribution:
- Watched Union soldiers march to war singing "John Brown's Body"
- Felt tune needed better words so she wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Interesting Fact!
Martin Luther King's last words in public were lyrics from this song -"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." The next day he lay dying on the second floor of the Lorraine Motel, struck in the cheek by an assassin's bullet.
Listen to Whitney Houston sing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" below!
Listen to Whitney Houston sing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" below!