Whoever does not have the stomach for this fight, let him depart. Give him his money to speed his departure, since we wish not to die in this man’s company.Whoever lives past today and comes home safely will rouse himself every year on this day, show his neighbors his scars and tell him embellished stories of their great feats of battle. These stories he will teach his son and from this day until the end of the world we shall be remembered.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for whoever has shed his blood with me shall be my brother, and those men afraid to go will think themselves lesser men, as they hear of how we fought and died together.

Henry V, Act IV Scene III
William Shakespeare
Contributed by Roger Davis

For you history fans: The background image is Burgoyne’s “Surrender at Saratoga”. Saratoga was Washington’s first victory of the Revolutionary War.
It proved to be the turning point for the American forces.

Percy Moran, artist. c1911. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress