Though really more appropriate for Memorial Day, here is one of the greatest songs to remember the departed vets. Our own Jed Marum does a stunning version of this.

THE LAST DAY OF MAY
(Michael Troy)

On the hillside of tears, stones stand like soldiers,
All at attention, all in a row
Frozen in time, youthful in pictures,
to brave to stay, to young to go

Here's to the boys, who all went before me,
no honor or glory could ever repay
The lives that you spent are just tears in showers,
hands full of flowers, on the last day in May.

Chorus
Though the valley of death did swallow them whole
God let no soul, die in vain
When the boundaries of peace, get out of control
Let the Angel of Mercy, hold close their names.

There's a house, with a wall that's covered with pictures,
of all of the children, all of them grown
There's a woman in the house who raised all the children
Who could never sleep easy, till all where at home

Here's to the mothers, who paid the ultimate price
Made to live out their lives, in grief all the years
Here's to the fathers, who comfort their wife
With nothing to offer, but buckets of tears

Chorus

In fields of green pastures, they lie by still water
All at attention, all in a row
Though flesh turns to dust, souls are forever,
They restored the order, our cups overflow

Chorus