Article: A LOOK BACK AT WAR. ARTIFACTS IN MUSEUM EXHIBIT POINT TO THE SACRIFICES AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO PRESERVE FREEDOM.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)

Byline: ERIC FEBER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

``Hail ye heroes! heaven-born band!

Who fought and bled in freedom's cause.''

- Joseph Hopkinson from ``Hail Columbia'' (1798)

WAR, EVEN FOR the most noble purpose, is ugly, savage and wasteful. But in the course of this country's history, it's been a necessary evil.

The freedoms, liberty, security and prosperity enjoyed by Americans came at a price: the blood of its citizens in battles spanning the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf. Yet, to many people, war is an abstract concept of old generals leading faceless hordes into combat.

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