Memorial Day Song & Video

Memorial Day Video

Almost every holiday has its song – “White Christmas” and “Easter Parade” are classics. But somehow, a song for Memorial Day has been missing.

“Memorial Day,” was composed by Tony Mullins of Sarepta, Louisiana. The song pays tribute to the “men who stood tall with pride”, who met the call when duty beckoned, “all gave some, some gave all.”

Mullins started composing songs, mostly for his church, several years ago. His minister often asks for a song for a special Memorial Day Video DVDoccasion. In 2004, the minister asked if Mullins had a song for Memorial Day. Mullins had never heard of a Memorial Day song, so he set out to fill the void.

Riding around on his tractor where, Mullins said, he gets his ideas, the words just came to him. Mullins took the song to the leader of the church choir, who immediately had the melody down. The men’s gospel quartet performed the song in church.

And that could have been the end of the story. Except that Mullins sent a copy of the song to the Waterloo village office, where Trustee Dave Duprey heard it. Duprey is co-chair of the annual Memorial Day observance, Celebrate/Commemorate, in the village
 that is the Birthplace of Memorial Day. The words, “We remember those departed on this Memorial Day” were the musical version of the year’s Celebrate/Commemorate theme, “Waterloo Remembers.” The chorus, “all gave some…some gave all” was part of the guidelines for the student essay contest.

“It gave me goosebumps,” Duprey confessed. He was already picturing a video with scenes of local veterans and Memorial Day events that illustrated the words to the song. He contacted Mullins to ask if the song could be used for Celebrate/Commemorate. Mullins agreed.

A series of e-mail messages followed, and soon Mullins had agreed to come to Waterloo with his family to participate in the annual festivities.

The Memorial Day song and video was first introduced to the world in Waterloo, New York, the Birthplace of Memorial Day, in 2005.

Sung by Cary Rutledge, the song “Memorial Day,” is available to download for $4.

The DVD version of “Memorial Day,” produced by Duprey Video Productions, is available for $10 plus $4 shipping. (New York State residents add 8% sales tax.)

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Comments

  1. allen@google75.com

    Wow? I Love This Memorial Day Song “All Gave Some, Some Gave All” And I Enjoyed And Loved
    The Good Song Dedicated To Fallen Soldiers And Heroes Who Sacrificed Their Lives To Help Serv
    e And Defend People’s Freedom And This Video I Enjoyed is Really Good Tribute To The Dead An
    d It’s Always Nice To Remember And So, We Never Forget Our Good Heroes! RIP. Thank You!

    PS I Would Like To Donate And Volunteer To Sing A Memorial Day Song “All Gave Some, Some
    Gave All” And To Remember The Fallen Heroes Who Bravely Defend Our Freedom But Freed
    om is Not Easy! Freedom is A Price For Each American People And To Defend And Sacrifice
    For It To Become Free! Wow, Isn’t That Wonderful? Good? We’re Proud To Be Free!

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