Heroes Past, Present, and Future

On this Memorial Day weekend, we at Shakespeare For Our Children® want to honour the men and women who have served our country ― the heroes of our past, present, and future. 

With that in mind, we invite you to have a listen to the reading above of the legendary St. Crispin’s Day speech from Henry V.

Here, King Henry rouses his troops ― greatly outnumbered ― to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. 

Though grounded in a specific historical moment, the speech has endured over centuries to capture the solidarity of any “band of brothers.” In times of peace, may we always commemorate such impossible courage.

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