[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Eagles and Prayers UP for our troops and their mission.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation,
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n - rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, for our cause is just,
And this be our motto--"In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

[Madame Dufarge]

You've been fighting the good fight for so long.

I salute you.

[maine-iac7]

BUMP

Bless you!

This will be such a great boost to our troops!

The traitors in DC and in the country - the great unwashed and brain-dead like code pink (I suspicion they are, in some manner, bribed and paid) - are not having any success in pulling off what Kerry/Fonda/Kennedy and Gang did with our Vietnam troops.

America isn't going to sit by and let that happen again.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Nothing says the cost of Freedom more clearly, than the last photo in your post #20.

[TigersEye]

Bump to the heroes and heroines who sacrifice greatly to keep us safe and free.

[dixiechick2000]

Gathering of Eagles bump!

What a wonderful post, SOA.
Thank you for all you’ve done for our troops.

[1035rep]

Prayers Up! God Bless Them All!

[Between the Lines]

Would you please remove me from your ping list. It has gotten too graphic intense for my dial up line. Thanks!

[Kathy in Alaska]

82nd Airborne ~ Last Full Measure of Devotion

[badgerlandjim]

bump

[Sender]

Praise to the Power that has made and preserved us a nation!

Praise to the freemen that stand between our loved homes and the war's desolation!

There is no higher honor. Eagles UP!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[wizr]

Well done. Amen, brother.

May God cover those who protect us and represent our greatest virtues, our warriors.

[MountainFlower]

Thanks for the PING, Spirit.

[archy]

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation,
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n - rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, for our cause is just,
And this be our motto--"In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave,
From the terror of flight and the gloom of the grave;
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

In the fall of 1779, two marauding Tories plundered the Lincoln County home of George Wilfong, a Whig, and brazenly using the man's clothes line to lead off his horses. Wilfong and some others pursued the thieves and regained his horses, but the thieves escaped and headed south toward the British Lines. Before reaching safety, they were apprehended by Ben Cleveland's scouts and brought to the Wilkes County courthouse. Here, Cleveland summarily administered his justice, using Wilfong's clothes line to hang the loyalist from the limbs of the Tory Oak.

The enraged British forces sent a Captain Riddle and two men, named Reeves and Goss, to capture Cleveland. They nearly accomplished this aim, but instead found themselves taken prisoner, shortly after which they too were dangling from the beckoning branches of the Tory Oak.

Benjamin Clkeveland