The place where General Herkimer laid directing his troops
The sadness of that day seems to leap from the quiet air... the spot now holy in the annals of war. But what of his comrades the Indian friends... whose presence is forgotten by local lore.
Arise dead soldiers unite as one
to lift war's curse before the sun.
To mark a spot on sacred ground
where fighting spoke words so profound.
Nothing solved, nothing gained,
by war's red horror and blood red stain.
For ages and ages hence from now,
no spot will stand not even bough!
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