We Are the Dead

On a quiet Memorial Day night at Arlington Cemetery, Senator Kennicott is pressed to support a bill that may bring his country closer to war. Then he meets a young soldier who says he cannot sleep. Their brief encounter forces the senator to confront the human cost behind patriotic speeches and political ambition.
First published in Weird Tales in 1937, Henry Kuttner’s “We Are the Dead” is a compact supernatural story about remembrance, sacrifice, and conscience.