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 ...

To end a holiday concert at Montréal’s symphony hall earlier this month, superstar conductor and five-time 2023 Grammy nominee Yannick Nézet-Séguin led his hometown orchestra, two soloists, a massive ...

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 ...

In Kenner-born pianist Jon Batiste's hands, the 19 th-century "Battle Hymn of the Republic'' has taken on an eerie, emotionally complex vibe, with elements of bamboula rhythm, blues vocals and a sort ...

A video of a choir on board an airplane singing "Battle Hymn of the Republic" for a fallen soldier being escorted back home to Houston has gone viral. According to the comments in Cupp's Facebook post ...

ATLANTA — For Diane Hollifield Cupp, a flight to Atlanta turned into something that she says she will never forget – and for all the right reasons. Cupp, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was returning from ...

Julia Ward Howe wrote a rousing anthem for the Union in the Civil War. Since then, it's been caught in a cultural tug-of-war over who it's an anthem for — social conservatives, evangelical Christians, ...

Julia Ward Howe is renowned as the poet who woke up one night in an inspired state to pen the lyrics of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the song that would become the victorious psalm of the Civil ...