To all of the brave men and women, past and present, who have served our country during peace and war.
Thank you for your service, and for your many sacrifices.
To all of the brave men and women, past and present, who have served our country during peace and war.
Thank you for your service, and for your many sacrifices.
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Memorial Day Sonnet
If Liberty means anything to me,
I will remember what my freedom cost,
By those who gave their all to keep me free,
Whose lives were sacrificed, but never lost.
I will remind myself of what they did,
And keep them dearly cherished in my heart;
Their honor never from me shall be hid
And I will know they always did their part
To save our nation and its people here,
To pledge their lives in defense of our ways,
To show that freedom always outlives fear,
And sacrifice is hallowed all our days.
If Liberty means anything to me,
I will remember those who kept me free.
© John Stuart 2008
Pastor at Erin Presbyterian Church,
Knoxville, Tennessee
Audio at:
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Thanks, stushie. That’s a great sonnet.
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http://ravenscawl.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/shed-tear-for-a-soldier/
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For those of you who knew them I can not propose to tell you how to memorialize them. Other than as a man maybe no more than flesh and blood, Then surely- That which makes flesh and blood a soldier, is no more than a man- and tears.
“Sorry pasted the wrong cut.”
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Have a great Memorial Day my friend.
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You also, Floyd.
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