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Memorial Pages from La Crosse Central High Tribune
La Crosse Central High School Tribune
May 24, 1946
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These pages illustrate the toll that the war took on the families in La Crosse by showcasing the Central High School graduates who tragically died overseas. Many of these families lost a brother, husband, or son; a continual reminder of the dark side of war. Forty-nine photos of Central High School grads are shown, along with the names of twelve others for whom photos were not provided. This displays the faces of those who gave their lives and never had the chance to return to La Crosse. These names demonstrate only the toll of one La Crosse area high school, the others also have their own lists of fallen classmates. Schools throughout the country felt the weight of the war and commemorated those who lost their lives. Pages like these allow for the remembrance of those lost in war and the sacrifices they made.
The La Crosse Central High Booster. . .
Illustrated within the pages of the Booster, the La Crosse Central High Yearbooks, are the ways in which total war consumed the high school. This is demonstrated by the ways in which the students and school, in general, commemorated the classmates who served over sees and those who did not return.
1944 Booster
1944 Booster
Photos courtesy of the University of La Crosse Murphy Library Archives and Special Collections.
1945 Booster
1945 Booster
Photos courtesy of the University of La Crosse Murphy Library Archives and Special Collections.
1946 Booster
1946 Booster
Photos courtesy of the University of La Crosse Murphy Library Archives and Special Collections.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic. . .
The song, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861, became widely known to both soldiers serving in the war, as well as civilians on the home front. When a fallen soldier was laid to rest, it was common for the Hymn to be played as a tribute to the soldiers service.
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" Lyrics:
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps,
His day is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His Judgement Seat.
Oh! Be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
News stories Including Those Who Served From The La Crosse Central High School. . .
Photo courtesy of the University of La Crosse Murphy Library Archives and Special Collections.
Photo courtesy of the University of La Crosse Murphy Library Archives and Special Collections.
Photo courtesy of the University of La Crosse Murphy Library Archives and Special Collections.
Photo courtesy of the University of La Crosse Murphy Library Archives and Special Collections.
Kayla Price, Lauren Brewer, Margaret Hansen, Missy Winter, Wyatt Molling
Created Spring 2022
Photo courtesy of the La Crosse Public Library Archives.
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