Posted on 07/26/2004 4:20:44 AM PDT by The Mayor
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THE WEEKEND THREAD
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Praying for you and your family.
Afternoon greetings on Military Monday.
Salute to my fellow vets and past and present. Thank You.
Flyer, may God bless you and all of yours in this time of grieving.
Lady, I posted this poem the other night at Amy's. I hope you don't mind me posting it here also for Military Monday.
I AM AN AMERICAN
I am an American.
My father belongs to the Sons of the Revolution;
My mother, to the Colonial Dames.
One of my ancestors pitched tea overboard in Boston Harbor;
Another stood his ground with Warren;
Another hungered with Washington at Valley Forge.
My forefathers were America in the making:
They spoke in her council halls;
They died on her battlefields;
They commanded her ships;
They cleared her forests.
Dawns reddened and paled.
Staunch hearts of mine beat fast at each new star
In the nations flag.
Keen eyes of mine foresaw her greater glory:
The sweep of her seas.
The plenty of her plains.
The man-hives in her billion-wired cities.
Every drop of blood in me holds a heritage of patriotism.
I am proud of my past.
I am an American.
I am an American.
My father was an atom of dust,
My mother a straw in the wind,
To His Serene Majesty.
One of my ancestors died in the mines of Siberia;
Another was crippled for life by twenty blows of the knout;
Another was killed defending his home during the massacres.
The history of my ancestors is a trail of blood
To the palace-gate of the Great White Czar.
But then the dream came-
The dream of America.
In the light of the Liberty torch
The atom of the dust became a man
And the straw in the wind became a woman
For the first time.
See, said my father, pointing to the flag that fluttered near,
That flag of stars and stripes is yours;
It is the emblem of the promised land.
It means, my son, the hope of humanity.
Live for it - die for it!
Under the open sky of my new country I swore to do so;
And every drop of blood in me will keep that vow.
I am proud of my future.
I am an American.
Elias Liberman
Flyer...don't mean my just post to minimize your loss...But I know you got your love for animals from your dad...have enjoyed getting to know you through them. God bless.
Sorry to hear about your Dad's passing, we've lost another great American. Saw where he was on a ship in the Philippines that lost all but three of the crew members, my husband's uncle was lost in action in the Philippines in WWII, he could have been one of those that didn't make it on that ship.
Post #28 was meant for you Flyer.
That's what I watch too, can't bear those major networks anymore.
Have started watching the decorating channel lately, which explains why I was painting the mud room a lovely shade of creamy aqua today. :)
Thanks for the Rusty ping.
Well, hang in there. I'd be itching in anticipation if I had a dog on the way; like a kid at Christmas.
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