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.."It is indeed an honor being here today representing California State Assemblyman VAN TRAN, the 1st Vietnamese-American State Legislator in California History, on this the 1st Day of the Lunar New Year's Year of the Rooster.
.."It was 40 years ago this very year that I left this Little Saigon area for the 1st major battles of the Vietnam War in 1965, the Year of the Horse. And then I was blessed to return here.
.."The Assemblyman that I represent today, VAN TRAN, was but a 1 year old little boy in Saigon at the time.
.."Then 30 years ago this year Freedom fell in Saigon and we are all now fighting for Freedom's return there.
..."Wouldn't it be wonderful if at the end of this the Year of the Rooster, that's this time next year, we see the Rooster singing its last song...
...and it's one filled with JOY as Freedom finally arrives to those beautiful white sandy beaches of Vietnam? Allowing the people there to more freely LOVE and be loved in return..?
.."For after all, isn't LOVE the only reality and...
...GOD is LOVE..?" *
* Speech given by a Vietnam Veteran at this week's Lunar New Year's Opening Ceremonies held at Little Saigon's Vietnam War Memorial and Annual TET Festival.
http://www.VanTran68.com
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Freedom only "fell" because 'Rats like Kennedy, at the behest of anti-Americans like Jane Fonda and Walter Cronkite, forced America to abandon it!
Thanks for the link to Van Tran's speech.
Thanks for your contagious optimism, Ronnie. It always inspires.