Another birthday! Hoo-RAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

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Along with my lovely wife, one of my other loves has a birthday today!

Happy birthday to the United States Army, created by an act of the Continental Congress on June, 14, 1775!



And everybody sing!

The Army Song

March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free
Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory
We’re the Army and proud of our name
We’re the Army and proudly proclaim

First to fight for the right,
And to build the Nation’s might,
And The Army Goes Rolling Along
Proud of all we have done,
Fighting till the battle’s won,
And the Army Goes Rolling Along.

Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hey!
The Army’s on its way.
Count off the cadence loud and strong (TWO! THREE!)
For where e’er we go,
You will always know
That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

Valley Forge, Custer’s ranks,
San Juan Hill and Patton’s tanks,
And the Army went rolling along
Minute men, from the start,
Always fighting from the heart,
And the Army keeps rolling along.

Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hey!
The Army’s on its way.
Count off the cadence loud and strong (TWO! THREE!)
For where e’er we go,
You will always know
That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

Men in rags, men who froze,
Still that Army met its foes,
And the Army went rolling along.
Faith in God, then we’re right,
And we’ll fight with all our might,
As the Army keeps rolling along.

Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hey!
The Army’s on its way.
Count off the cadence loud and strong (TWO! THREE!)
For where e’er we go,
You will always know
That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

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The Battle of New Orleans

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One of the units I served in, the 7th United States Infantry, earned their first battle streamer at New Olreans, as well as a nickname that has plagued us ever since.

The 7th was ordered to anchor one end of the line, and to perform this job better, broke into some warehouses and dragged out huge bales of cotton, some weighing upwards of a ton and a half. They used these bales to create battlements and firing steps that were impervious to even the light cannon the British had. Since then, the 7th Infantry has been known as The Cottonbalers (http://www.cottonbalers.com/)