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The Blue and the Gray and the Bivouac of the Dead
The article traces Major Theodore O’Hara author of The Bivouac of the Dead and Francis Miles Finch of The Blue and the Gray. It notes Memorial Day origins in Kentucky and Columbus Georgia, Finch’s poem’s rise, and Finch later public service.
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Asa
Kane O’tiara
Banville
Bluegrass
Kentucky
Theodore O'llara
Mexico
Frankfort
O'Hara
O’hara
Columbus
Alabama
Commonwealth Cemetery
Thodore O'Tiara
O'Tara
Ladies' Aid Society
New York
Bliss
Franceis Miles Finch
Ithaca, N. Y
Gor
Yale
Francis Miles Finch
Francia Miles Iich
Atlantic Monthly
Cory
Tinch
New York Court of Appeals
Cerne University
America
Union
Alitton
Ida
Yellowstone Park
National Park Service
Salt Lake City
Utah
U. S&s
Snowhoe
Mac’s Inn
Henry's Lake Arena
Toaio Walls
Idaho