posted on May 28, 2005 06:02:03 PM new
Someone posted it here before. Could you post it again.
That,,,,,is what this weekends thoughts are all about. The Dead Veterans. Those,,,, who gave the HIGHEST Price a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman will give, their very LIFE.
Hopefully, someday,Mankind can/will find a better way to end their hostilities before young men are sent to slaughter,dismember, burn, and rip each other apart in WAR.
posted on May 28, 2005 08:29:31 PM new
We've already been to the cemetary to put our pots of flowers and flags out. We will also attend the parade on Monday. Too many have forgotten those who paid the ultimate price for freedom, imo.
posted on May 29, 2005 09:25:56 AM new
Good thought, Jack...especially today when we remember those who have sacrificed their lives in battle, sometimes for a cause that is not just.
posted on May 29, 2005 12:56:01 PM new
Jack, don't know if this is what you are refering to;
Memorial Day: Benediction
Our ranks grow thin,
I hear the bugles sing,
flags folded, given to
our widows, daughters, sons,
bolts snap, the rifles crack, I hear
the volleys echoing
We, the legion called,
and culled, by time and fate,
to distant crucibles of fire and hell
to fight, to bleed, to do
awful, necessary things, we the
bloody nemesis of hate
We flew and died
on laughter-silvered wings,
we rode the armor rumbling into slaughter,
waded into steel through crimson surf,
let bombs away, fell to their
fierce concentric rings
And now the caisson rattles,
a horse without a rider walks beside,
a generation passes, gentlemen,
to rest in this sweet earth we
fought for then, or as ashes on
the blue and restless tide
We have nothing
but this legacy to give, a
dream, a faith, a fading purple heart,
freedom, pride, this our benediction,
for those who follow in our shadow,
for those who live
those yet to live.
---------------
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
~Minot J. Savage
ONE FOR ALL MILITARY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN CONFLICT OR BEEN AWAY FROM FREINDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED.
AS I APPROACH THE GATES OF HEAVEN;
ST. PETER I WILL TELL;
ONE MORE SOLDIER REPORTING SIR;
I'VE SERVED MY TIME IN HELL.
