[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, TGYC! How thoughtful and considerate! (Unlike some of the posts on this thread about our feelings for loss of life being a WEAKNESS). . .

[Bahbah]

You brought tears to my eyes,Tonkin. Very eloquent. Thanks.

[cantbebought]

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd 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 preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!