St. Crispin's Day, October 25

St. Crispin is a saint, alright, but is more famous because of Shakespeare than anything...

In Shakespeare's "Henry V", the king rallies his demoralized troops before the Battle of Agincourt. He concludes with:

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."



You can listen to the whole speech here.