Over HereFront matterReading editionChapter navigation115 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterEdgar A. GuestTo the Mothers Over HereWhy We FightAmericaThe Time for DeedsEverywhere in AmericaThe Things That Make a Soldier GreatThe FlagA Battle PrayerGood LuckA Prayer, 1918The ChangeMothers and WivesThe Call to ServiceKelly IngramThe Joy to BeHe Should Meet a Mother ThereA Father's TributeRunner McGeeThe Girl He Left BehindA Patriotic CreedHis RoomEnvyFor Your Boy and MineSoldierlyThe AlarmThe Boy EnlistsThe Mother FaithThoughts of a SoldierThe Flag on the FarmThe Mother on the SidewalkThe Big DeedsThe Wrist Watch ManFollow the FlagWe've Had a Letter From the BoyExemptDutyA PrayerSympathyHateGeneral PershingThe Better ThingTo a Lady KnittingA Good SoldierHis Santa ClausShow the FlagThe Honor RollThe Princess PatsJuly the Fourth, 1917Spring in the TrenchesBigger Than His DadThe Boy's AdventureOut of It AllThe Christmas BoxA PleaYour Country Needs YouA CreedThe StruggleAs It Looks to the BoyFly a Clean FlagTo a Kindly CriticWar's HomecomingNext of KinSee It ThroughHopeThe Gold GiversThe UndauntedThe Discovery of a SoulHere We Are!We Who Stay at HomeDo Your AllThe FutureA Father's PrayerThe Glory of AgeBeautifying the FlagTo the Men at HomeFrom Laughter to LaborUnitedApril ThoughtsThe ChaplainMy PartThe CallThanksgivingA Patriotic WishA PatriotMemorial DayThe Soldier on CrutchesThe Friendly GreetingWe Need a Few More OptimistsTaking His PlaceChristmas, 1918The New YearOur Duty to Our FlagThe Unsettled ScoresWarriorsEasy ServiceA Father's ThoughtsThe Waiter at the CampThe Complacent SlackerA Christmas GreetingIdealsRebellionDraftedReflectionA WishLivingLife's SlackerThe Proof of WorthFollow a Famous FatherThe Important ThingSelfishnessConstant BeautyWhen the Drums Shall Cease to BeatProphecyBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Edgar A. GuestAll chapters and sections (115)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsEdgar A. GuestTo the Mothers Over HereWhy We FightAmericaThe Time for DeedsEverywhere in AmericaThe Things That Make a Soldier GreatThe FlagA Battle PrayerGood LuckA Prayer, 1918The ChangeMothers and WivesThe Call to ServiceKelly IngramThe Joy to BeHe Should Meet a Mother ThereA Father's TributeRunner McGeeThe Girl He Left BehindA Patriotic CreedHis RoomEnvyFor Your Boy and MineSoldierlyThe AlarmThe Boy EnlistsThe Mother FaithThoughts of a SoldierThe Flag on the FarmThe Mother on the SidewalkThe Big DeedsThe Wrist Watch ManFollow the FlagWe've Had a Letter From the BoyExemptDutyA PrayerSympathyHateGeneral PershingThe Better ThingTo a Lady KnittingA Good SoldierHis Santa ClausShow the FlagThe Honor RollThe Princess PatsJuly the Fourth, 1917Spring in the TrenchesBigger Than His DadThe Boy's AdventureOut of It AllThe Christmas BoxA PleaYour Country Needs YouA CreedThe StruggleAs It Looks to the BoyFly a Clean FlagTo a Kindly CriticWar's HomecomingNext of KinSee It ThroughHopeThe Gold GiversThe UndauntedThe Discovery of a SoulHere We Are!We Who Stay at HomeDo Your AllThe FutureA Father's PrayerThe Glory of AgeBeautifying the FlagTo the Men at HomeFrom Laughter to LaborUnitedApril ThoughtsThe ChaplainMy PartThe CallThanksgivingA Patriotic WishA PatriotMemorial DayThe Soldier on CrutchesThe Friendly GreetingWe Need a Few More OptimistsTaking His PlaceChristmas, 1918The New YearOur Duty to Our FlagThe Unsettled ScoresWarriorsEasy ServiceA Father's ThoughtsThe Waiter at the CampThe Complacent SlackerA Christmas GreetingIdealsRebellionDraftedReflectionA WishLivingLife's SlackerThe Proof of WorthFollow a Famous FatherThe Important ThingSelfishnessConstant BeautyWhen the Drums Shall Cease to BeatProphecyE-text prepared by Pat Saumell and Chuck Greif◇Over HereByEdgar A. Guest →