To: Kathy in Alaska; Lady Jag; NY Attitude; WayzataJOHNN; tomkow6; Lost Dutchman; SevenofNine; ...
The Bivouac of the Dead
By Theodore O'Hara, 1847
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo'
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few;
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread;
But Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
Mansions Of The Lord
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To: Soaring Feather; tomkow6; NY Attitude; WayzataJOHNN; Kathy in Alaska; MEG33; Allegra; ...
Salute to an American Soldier
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I salute you, Soldier!
You are doing a job I cannot do
To protect
The values I treasure
And the beautiful land
I call Home.
There are things worth fighting for-
Important things
Like freedom
And justice
And the right to live
In safety
In the way one chooses
In the place one chooses.
There are things worse than war-
Terrible things
Like oppression
And unbridled power
And cruelty
Against the innocent
Against the weak
Against anyone.
So fight, Soldier.
Fight with courage
And honor
And the knowledge that it is right.
You do what has to be done.
You bring new glory
To Old Glory.
I am proud of you.
I pray for you.
I cheer you on.
I stand behind you
With my whole heart.
I salute you, Soldier.
Yen Cress
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1,294 posted on
05/25/2008 8:42:04 AM PDT by
Lady Jag
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To: Soaring Feather; All
1,295 posted on
05/25/2008 1:33:43 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather; All
1,296 posted on
05/25/2008 1:44:33 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather; All
1,297 posted on
05/25/2008 1:53:07 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather; All
1,298 posted on
05/25/2008 1:59:05 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather; All
1,299 posted on
05/25/2008 2:05:27 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather; All
1,300 posted on
05/25/2008 2:44:36 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather; All
1,302 posted on
05/25/2008 3:18:38 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather; All
~In Flanders Field~
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
~~~
~Never Forget~
1,303 posted on
05/25/2008 6:01:14 PM PDT by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
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