May 9, 2026
Tag: Vera Lynne
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The White Cliffs of Dover
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Composed by Walter Kent, 1941Lyrics by Nat BurtonFirst recording by vocalist Vera Lynn IN MEMORIUMVera Lynn1917-2020The Voice of England’s Unofficial HymnThe White Cliff of Dover There’ll be bluebirds overThe white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see.There’ll be love and laughterAnd peace ever after.Tomorrow, when the world is free.The shepherd will tend his
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December 15, 2019 No Comments
Sadness touched Fredericksburg, Virginia, earlier than most communities at the start of World War II–two years before the USA was officially involved in the war. It was a fact starkly driven home to me when I stumbled upon the memorial stone to Robert Shenton Harris in the City Cemetery. Robert Shenton Harris, whose father Robert […]