By: Tom Ruck
Hardcover Edition


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A sweeping tour of some of America's most beautiful and moving cemeteries, Sacred Ground features richly evocative photographs from military cemeteries across the country, enhanced by poignant quotes, powerful essays, and speeches from famous Americans throughout history. Included in this stirring tribute to the American veteran are:

*144 color photographs from forty-seven of our national military Cemeteries
*Essays by Laura Ingraham, Oliver North, Sean Hannity, Bob Hope, Buzz Aldrin, Mickey Rooney, Dennis Miller, Paul Teutul, Sr., Fred Travalena, Ann-Margret, and a foreword by Bob Dole
*Expressions of gratitude to our military and thoughts on honor, duty, sacrifice, and courage by such great Americans as Robert E. Lee, John F. Kennedy, Stonewall Jackson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Jefferson, Omar Bradley, Harry Truman, Mike Mullen, Colin Powell, Benjamin Franklin, Maya Angelou, John Wayne, Stephen Ambrose, Norman Schwarzkopf, and Chester Nimitz
*Excerpts from famous speeches given at momentous times in our history, including George Washington's general orders to his troops at Valley Forge, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s Memorial Day address, Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress calling for America's involvement in World War I, Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to Congress declaring war on Japan, Dwight D. Eisenhower's address to the allied expeditionary forces on the eve of D-Day, George S. Patton's famous speech to the Third Army, Douglas MacArthur's Thayer Award acceptance speech at West Point, Ronald Reagan's remarks on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, and George W. Bush's address to the nation on September 11, 2001

Sacred Ground is a solemn, heartfelt testament to the bravery, honor, and glory of the truest of American heroes: the American veteran.