Hoto daga Joel Brumbaugh-Cayford
Dukansu kalmomi da ayyuka sun bayyana a fili kuma a bayyane yake a hidimar 'yan'uwa ta shekara ta 43 a gidan taron Dunker, wurin zama da kuma cibiyar fagen yaƙin basasa a Antietam National Park. Ana gudanar da hidimar a kowace shekara a ranar Lahadi mafi kusa da yakin, wanda ya faru shekaru 151 da suka wuce a ranar 17 ga Satumba, 1862.
A wannan shekara, hidimar ta ta’allaka ne kan kalmomin da mutane da yawa suka faɗa a wannan rana mai ban mamaki a shekara ta 1862, wanda kuma shi ne jigon wa’azin da Gene Hagenberger, babban jami’in gundumar Coci na Yankin Tsakiyar Atlantika ya bayar.
Sai dai kafin a yi wata magana, wasu da dama daga cikin masu ibada sun garzaya don taimakon wata mata da ta kai motarta da gangan cikin wani rami da ke wajen taron. Tare da Eddie Edmonds, Fasto na Moler Avenue Church of the Brothers a Martinsburg, W.Va., kuma tare da taimakon wasu kakkarfan baya, an dauke motar daga cikin rami sannan aka koma da ita kan hanya.
A cikin saƙonsa, Hagenberger ya tuna da kalmomin da aka faɗa a lokacin keɓe gidan taro da aka sake ginawa a shekara ta 1862, waɗanda da alama sun rage zafin rikici. Alal misali, Hagenberger ya ba da labarin rashin imani na wani soja da ya tsira daga kisan gillar da aka yi a gonar masara a Antietam, sa’ad da babban hafsansa ya umurci sojoji da su kai ƙafafu su ɗauki alhakinsu.
Hoto ta Regina Holmes
Har ila yau, an tuna shi ne labarin Oliver Wendell Holmes - wanda ya ci gaba da yin hidima na tsawon shekaru 30 a matsayin Alkalin Kotun Koli - da kuma kwarewarsa na yakin. Da yake kwance rauni a filin wasa, limamin cocinsa ya tambayi Holmes ko shi Kirista ne. Da yake ba da amsa cewa ya kasance, an gaya wa Holmes, "To, ba haka ba ne, to," kuma an bar shi ya sha wahala na ɗan lokaci.
An sami ƙarin labarai, game da samari da yara maza da aka kashe, har ma da wani kare mai aminci da sojoji suka gan shi yana gadin gawar ubangidansa. Ba da daɗewa ba kare ya faɗi a harsashi kuma aka binne su biyu tare.
Hagenberger ya ba da shawarar cewa wani lokacin shiru ya isa lokacin da ayyuka ke magana da ƙarfi fiye da kowace kalma. Ya ƙarfafa dukan waɗanda suka halarta, ko a faɗa ko a aikace, su shaida wa ’yan’uwa sadaukar da kai na salama da hidima.
A cikin wa'azin, da kuma addu'o'in da aka ɗaga a wurin ibadar, an gabatar da koke-koke na neman zaman lafiya a Siriya da sauran wuraren da ake fama da rikici a duniya.
Ed Poling, fasto na Hagerstown (Md.) Church of the Brother, ya rubuta kuma ya yi waƙa game da ’yan’uwa da yaƙi kamar yadda ya yi shekaru da yawa. A bikin ballad na wannan shekara, Poling ya kwatanta rafi mai lumana da ke bi ta filayen da ke kusa, yana wakiltar ruwan baftisma da na waraka, kuma yana wakiltar sarautar salama ta Allah kamar yadda aka kwatanta a littafin Ru’ya ta Yohanna.
Mawakan Back Porch na ikilisiyar Hagerstown su ma sun rera lamba. Ikilisiya ne suka rera waƙoƙin waƙar ’yan’uwa na 1901, waɗanda adadinsu ya haura 100.
- Frank Ramirez fasto ne na cocin Everett (Pa.) Cocin Brothers kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin limaman ’yan’uwa da suka taimaka ja-gorancin hidimar bana a wurin taron Dunker da ke Antietam.