"Halfway down the trail to Hell, In a shady meadow green Are the Souls of all dead Troopers camped, Near a good old-time canteen. And this eternal resting place Is known as Fiddlers’ Green.Marching past, straight through to Hell The Infantry are seen, Accompanied by the Engineers, Artillery and Marines, For none but the shades of Cavalrymen Dismount at Fiddlers’ Green."
— Cavalry

January 1, 1970

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Anonymous, "Fiddler's Green" (c. 1689), st. 1, associated with the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division; reported as a favourite poem of Jonathan M. Wainwright by Duane P. Schultz, Hero of Bataan (1981), p. 433; see also "Fiddler’s Green – Poem", 1st Cavalry Division Association (2024)