The song is Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” The lyrics ... After the audience responded with loud applause, the president, with tears in his eyes, cried out, “Sing ...

Bush and former Presidents Clinton, Carter, and Ford) joined voices to sing Julia Ward Howe's defiant anthem, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." For many, the singing of this hymn, which enjoins ...

"Here's a song that was reportedly sung by both sides in the Civil War," Cash says, guitar in hand, to kick off a performance of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The real history on that point ...

There is no song that more vividly evokes that conflict than "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Julia Ward Howe wrote the famous words­ "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord ...

Though the Battle Hymn of the Republic is more than 150 years old, it is still embraced by Americans of all political persuasions. According to Ben Soskis, co-author of a new book about the song ...

On Nov. 18, 1861, Julia Ward Howe, a prominent Boston poet, attended a review of Union troops outside Washington, D.C. As her carriage made its way back to the city, inching along roads clogged ...

Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) gave the United States — and the world — some of the most inspirational words ever written. She penned "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in November 1861, during a ...

These examinations of “God Bless America” and the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” not only reflect the growing interest in how songs have affected U.S. politics and culture, they are also ...

Later, looking back on the birth of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" 150 years ago this month, Julia didn't mention her famous husband, Samuel Gridley Howe, who had funded the militant abolitionist ...

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She penned "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in November 1861, during a wartime tour of Washington, D.C., as Americans realized with gloom that the seven-month-old Civil War would be longer ...

Julia Ward Howe was a poet and author. She is best known for “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” which was first published in The Atlantic.