Sandberg Poem Honors Anniversary of Verdun Battle

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: February 21, 1996 | Copyright information

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The 1916 battle of Verdun claimed over half a million French and German soldiers. Noah Adams reads an excerpt of Carl Sandberg's poem, ``Grass' ' which was written after Sandberg visited the battlefield.

NOAH ADAMS, Host: In France, the anniversary of the battle of Verdun was observed today. It was the 21st of February in 1916 when the fighting started at Verdun. It continued thorugh that summer 80 years ago. It was a battle of the Great War, which had its beginnings in a conflict over Serbia. The United States entered the war the following year.

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