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Post by Fran Gyomory on Aug 25, 2007 20:04:59 GMT -5
If I get this 100 times, I will continue to forward it to others in the hopes that they will do the same. We must never forget who gets the credit for the freedoms we have, of which we should be eternally grateful. KEEP THIS GOING PLEASE I watched the flag pass by one day, It fluttered in the breeze. A young Marine saluted it, And then he stood at ease..
I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud, With hair cut square and eyes alert He'd stand out in any crowd. I thought how many men like him Had fallen through the years. How many died on foreign soil How many mothers' tears? How many pilots' planes shot down? How many died at sea How many foxholes were soldiers' graves? No, freedom isn't free. I heard the sound of Taps one night, When everything was still, I listened to the bugler play And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times That Taps had meant "Amen," When a flag! had draped a coffin. Of a brother or a friend. I thought of all the children, Of the mothers and the wives, Of fathers, sons and husbands With interrupted lives. I thought about a graveyard At the bottom of the sea Of unmarked graves in Arlington. No, freedom isn't free. When you receive this, please stop for a moment and Say a prayer for our servicemen. Of all the gifts you could give a US Serviceman, Prayer is the very best one. Thank You
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Post by Barry on Aug 25, 2007 20:07:31 GMT -5
AMEN
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2007 20:25:43 GMT -5
Big Amen.
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Post by Joan on Aug 25, 2007 20:33:04 GMT -5
Am saying a prayer now!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2007 20:43:20 GMT -5
Let's keep in prayer that Gold Star Mother in California who just buried her 2nd son. She has a 3rd son who returned with his brother's body from Iraq and will be remaining stateside due to sole survivor status. REST IN PEACE.
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