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The unforgettable "WE WERE SOLDIERS" ending Hymn...
'THE MANSIONS OF THE LORD'
...is also now known as the...
"REAGAN RECESSIONAL"
...having been lovingly sung as our former President's American Flag draped coffin was being carried from his National Cathedral Funeral Service in Washington, D.C., thusly:
"To fallen soldiers let us sing,
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing,
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord.
No more weeping,
No more fight,
No friend bleeding through the night,
Just DRVINE EMBRACE,
ETERNAL LIGHT,
In the Mansions of the Lord.
Where no mothers cry
And no children weep,
We shall stand and guard
Though the angels sleep,
Oh, through the ages let us keep
The Mansions of the Lord"
Lyrics: RANDALL WALLACE
Music: NICK GLENNIE-SMITH
AMEN
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Thanks for this. I had forgotten just how beautiful that service was. It was a kleenex moment.