Funeral of Hiram Cronk 1905

[BrianCeelyNew]

That guy in the front who keeps looking at the camera is fucking hilarious

[NYisontop]

Thank you for posting this. Our past isn't so distant and unrecognizable to us when viewing something like this. Civil War veterans in their 60s, Mexican-American War veterans in their 80s, marching in a stately funeral for a man who fought alongside Revolutionary veterans, lived during the wars of Napoleon and served during the War of 1812-1815. Some of the children in the crowd could have lived to our own recent years.

[jasonjcronk]

This is my great great great great grandfather (i think thats the right amount of greats). He was a drummer boy in the war of 1812, can you imagine druming a marching beat on the front line while musket balls fly all around, and only at the age of 12?

Thank you for the upload haven't seen this video since i was a kid

[jasonjcronk]

@jasonjcronk sorry he was 14 when he was in the War of 1812

[kjm11992]

to think that this man was born when john adams was president, was just one year removed from george washington's death and died when tr was president and guys like fdr and truman were starting to build reputations. ronald reagan was just 6 years away

[ZacharyG89]

@kjm11992 It blows your mind when you think about it. We grew up learning in schools about things like George Washington and The War of 1812 as if it were the distant past, but it really isn't that long ago if you think about it. I would do anything to see some footage of people from the American Revolutionary War era, just imagine how fascinating that would be.

[TigerRocket]

@ZacharyG89 Right now some of our oldest citizens are folks who lived through the Great Depression and fought in WW2. Many others are gone now. Take every opportunity you can and talk to seniors you may know. But more importantly, listen! There is nothing more valuable than stories and wisdom from the minds of those who saw what we can only read about.

[pgs5719]

I wish there was more footage of this awesome video...it ended where there was soldiers in 1812 soldier's uniforms marching before it cut out...oh time must have cut the footage to this length...people please respect our soldiers of the past...this Phony President we have now of Barack Hussein Obama is such a shame to all of us veterans and America.

[galept]

@pgs5719 Even more impressive than the 1812 uniforms at the end was the footage here showing the Civil War veterans. It's so hard for me to grasp that in this video they were around the same age as today's Vietnam veterans. This is the first time I've ever seen footage of surviving Civil War veterans.

[LiuBaio]

interesting video....such a short wikipedia page for somone who lived to be 105! i would have loved to here about his life!

[musicfanatic6790]

isnt their more footage available of this man?