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The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square Strings, and United States Military Academy Band at West Point perform "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The performance took place on July 4, 2015, at the United States Military Academy at West Point, on the Hudson River in New York. #PresidentsDay | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is perhaps one of the most stirring patriotic songs written—closely identified with the Union cause in the Civil War! In November 1861, Julia Ward Howe was touring Union army camps with her husband, a medical doctor, along with a minister friend of theirs. Some soldiers were singing popular war songs and Reverend Clarke suggested to Mrs. Howe that she might write new lyrics to one of the songs—resulting in the lyrics of the now famous, "Battle Hymn of the Republ

115K views · 1.6K shares | With Fourth of July weekend upon us, learn about the history of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, written by abolitionist and activist Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War. This song is heavily influenced by the Bible and demonstrates how people throughout the ages have been influenced by the Bible! | Museum of the Bible | Facebook