Here's one I'd like to honor. This photo was taken in the past week. I can't post his name for security reasons, but he's a good friend of mine.
Posted on 05/30/2005 12:56:46 AM PDT by Cee-gar Man US Marine
I AM THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MY NAME IS -"OLD GLORY".
I FLY ATOP THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDINGS,
I STAND WATCH IN AMERICA'S HALLS OF JUSTICE.
I FLY MAJESTICALLY OVER THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
I STAND GUARD WITH THE GREATEST MILITARY POWER IN THE WORLD.
LOOK UP!-AND SEE ME! I STAND FOR PEACE-HONOR-TRUTH-JUSTICE, I STAND FOR FREEDOM.
I AM CONFIDENT-I AM ARROGANT,-I AM PROUD.
WHEN I AM FLOWN WITH MY FELLOW BANNERS, MY HEAD IS HELD A LITTLE HIGHER,-MY COLORS A LITTLE TRUER...I BOW TO NO ONE!
I AM RECOGNIZED ALL OVER THE WORLD. I AM WORSHIPED-I AM SALUTED-I AM RESPECTED, I AM REVERED-I AM LOVED, AND I AM FEARED!
I HAVE FOUGHT IN EVERY BATTLE IN EVERY WAR, FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS: GETTYSBURG, SHILOH, APPOMATAX, SAN JUAN HILL, THE TRENCHES OF FRANCE, THE ARGONNE FORREST, ANZIO, ROME, THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY, THE JUNGLES OF GUAM, OKINAWA, TARAWA, KOREA, VIETNAM, IN THE HEAT OF THE PERSIAN GULF, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND SCORES OF PLACES, LONG FORGOTTEN BY ALL, BUT THOSE WHO WHERE THERE WITH ME,...I WAS THERE.
I LED MY SAILORS AND MARINES-I FOLLOWED THEM,-I WATCH OVER THEM,-THEY LOVE ME.
I WAS ON A SMALL HILL ON IWO JIMA, I WAS DIRTY BATTLE WORN AND TIRED,...BUT MY SAILORS AND MARINES CHEERED ME, AND I WAS PROUD!
I HAVE BEEN SOILED, BURNED, TORN AND TRAMPLED OF THE STREETS OF COUNTRIES THAT I HAVE HELPED SET FREE.
IT DOES NOT HURT,...FOR I AM INVINCIBLE.
I HAVE BEEN SOILED, BURNED, TORN AND TRAMPLED ON THE STREETS OF MY OWN COUNTRY, AND WHEN IT IS DONE BY THOSE WHOM I HAVE SERVED IN BATTLE WITH,...IT HURTS. BUT I SHALL OVERCOME...FOR I AM STRONG!
I WILL NEVER COWER BEFORE ANY MASTER NOR BEND TO ANY THREAT.
I HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH AND FROM MY VANTAGE POINT ON THE MOON, I STAND WATCH OVER THE UNCHARTED NEW FRONTIERS OF SPACE.
I HAVE BEEN A SILENT WITTNESS TO ALL OF AMERICA'S FINEST HOURS.
I HAVE FLOWN OVER THE TOP OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND PENTAGON, AND AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, I HAVE FLOWN OVER ITS RUBBLE TO REMIND THE EVIL IN OUR WORLD THAT MY SPIRIT WILL NOT BE CRUSHED.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NOT BE BROKEN.
BUT MY FINEST HOUR COMES WHEN I AM TORN INTO STRIPS, TO BE USED AS BANDAGES FOR MY WOUNDED COMRADES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE,...WHEN I FLY HALF MAST TO HONOR MY SAILORS AND MARINES,...AND...WHEN I LIE IN THE TREMBLING ARMS OF A GRIEVING MOTHER, AT THE GRAVE-SIDE OF HER FALLEN SON OR DAUGHTER,...I AM PROUD...MY NAME IS "OLD GLORY",...LONG MAY I WAVE.
Thank you for posting this, and thank you so very much for your service.
It's always a thrill for me to see Old Glory, whether it's flying from the embassy in Ottawa or at the border crossing. I was home a couple of months ago, visiting my father, and I really loved how so many people have their flags flying proudly.
It's the most beautiful flag in the world, imo.
Thank you for posting this, and thank you so very much for your service.
It's always a thrill for me to see Old Glory, whether it's flying from the embassy in Ottawa or at the border crossing. I was home a couple of months ago, visiting my father, and I really loved how so many people have their flags flying proudly on their houses.
It's the most beautiful flag in the world, imo.
Sorry for the double post! :)
Quick on the ol clicker. . .it happens. . .
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Quick on the ol clicker. . .it happens. . .
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I'd like to take this opportunity to remember my father who was a WWI veteran and my brother who was a Korean War veteran and all my fellow Viet Nam veterans.
God bless and keep them all.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
bttt and THANK YOU!
Sorry for the typo. I just woke up and put my flag up..the coffee is still sinking in.
I remember I was nervous then, I guess a little scared, cause I wasn't sure how I'd react at all. To see the names of the service men who'd been recorded there, who'd heard the final roll call and assembled at the wall.
And every name's a father, or a husband, or a son. Or a daughter, or a brother, or a cousin to someone. Or a name might be a classmate or a friend you may recall. There's nearly 60,000 fallen men awaiting at The Wall.
The Wall is many granite sections, a solid pool of black, a visitor may pause to touch a name. It just seems that in the dark reflection's hands are reaching back, as if to greet and touch and hold the hands of those who came. Someone might stoop to leave a rose, a letter or a poem, a message to a young man loved and lost. And assure they still remember those who never made it home, who built the wall so long and tall, and paid the bitter price.
And every name's a father, or a husband or a son. Or a daughter or a brother, or a cousin to someone. Or a name might be a classmate or a friend you may recall. There's nearly 60,000 fallen men awaiting at The Wall.
As I watched the lines of people that passed by in slow parade, I read a different story in each face. And I couldn't help but wonder at the pilgrimage we made, what common bond if any, might have brought us to this place. There were tourists, and the curious, and some veterans who came, still others who'd son had served through it all. But the only thing I'm sure of is we left not quite the same, with our memories a lyin there awaiting at The Wall.
And every name's a father, or a husband or a son. Or a daughter, or a brother, or a cousin to someone. Or a name might be a classmate or a friend you may recall. There's nearly 60,000 fallen men waiting at The Wall.
There's nearly 60,000 men waiting at The Wall.
-Tim Murphy
That a great pic! hahahah
Yeah...I thought so too! I'm friends with him and his brother. His brother sent it to me this morning, and I didn't notice until later that it was attached. My kids thought it was the coolest! :-)
I love the whole thing. But there are times when I feel that we would be better singing the last verse more often than the first.
Ohh that last verse thats the one that brings tears to my eyes and we never sing it.
Even in Church.
RB<><
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