Flexmoney Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Subject: Freedom isn't Free Freedom Isn't Free!!!! 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. Enjoy Your Freedom & God Bless Our Troops Show Your Support Send This Page Along Today Chief Billy D. McAfee, USNR-ret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Good one Flex. Thanks Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Permanent food for thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 "The end does not justify the means. No ones rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others." -- Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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