War Memorial Quotes

“The war had been a daily thought, a continual consciousness in her life for two years, but never a real presence. Battles were things that were fought somewhere else, won somehow, by someone, and lost by someone else. Now as she stood by her own door and listened to the cannons, it was with a chilling, dreadfully full and clear realization that men were out on the field beneath that gray cloud taking each other’s lives.”
― Elisabeth Grace Foley, War Memorial

“The rain still drummed on the roof, like fine needles striking the shingles. The family sat silently around the table, each one wrapped in their own thoughts.
It was Matthew’s voice that broke the silence, asking, “And what happened after that?”
“After that,” said Paul, “came Gettysburg.”
― Elisabeth Grace Foley, War Memorial

“Perhaps she had seen worse things that night - but this time she felt the pain of it through and through in a way she could not before, for now the face of war and suffering was a face she knew.”
― Elisabeth Grace Foley, War Memorial