Poet and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe rewrote the lyrics to one of America's most patriotic songs, the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!, voices cry out against a steadily marching beat and victorious trumpet blasts. It is the swelling sound of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a timeless song that inspires ...

It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial ...

Poet, philosopher, and suffragist Julia Ward Howe wrote a rallying cry in 1861 that would resonate for more than a century—echoing through the Civil Rights Movement and beyond.

The ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ has marched its way through American history. But does it do justice to Jesus? I learned most of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" before I started grade school. The ...

Every year, Mother's Day reminds me of a story from Unitarian Universalist history. It involves Julia Ward Howe, a feisty Boston Unitarian, wife of Samuel Gridley Howe, a pioneering educator of ...

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