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MotorMan
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Happy Veteran's Day
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11/11/2005 6:55:31 AM
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I have taken part of an essay as my salute to Veterans on their day.
This was written as a pro-gun article but the first part is very
pro-Veteran. After all, a unarmed Marine is an oxymoron. You can see the entire essay if you wish.
"Metal and Wood"
by Dennis Bateman
It is a rare person who does not attach some sort of value or emotion to some physical object or to an event. A home becomes more than a building. A statue of the Virgin Mary, a crucifix, a flag or a song, or even a photograph can stir emotions greater than the value of the material item.
I have a piece of paper showing I served in the military until I was discharged honorably. But, oh, the memories that piece of paper conjures up. The friends, the fun times. The bad times. The times when we were bound closer to strangers than to our own families and, in frightening chaos, our lives hung by a thread.
Many of our friends died far from home. Ask us about the feeling of "American soil" upon returning to the land we loved. Ask those returning soldiers about America.
Remember the old, faintly humorous band of American Legionnaires, wearing out-dated military uniforms straining at the buttons. But, God how proudly they marched. Grinning, waving to friends and families, and always, always "The Flag!" Ask them if the flag is mere cloth, I dare you.
See the elderly lady sitting in a lawn chair watching the fourth of July parade. Three flags carefully folded some forty years ago into triangles now rest in her lap - one for each lost son. Ask her if those flags are mere cloth, I dare you.
Look at the old man quietly crying, leaning against the Iwo Jiima Memorial at Arlington Cemetery. As he turns to you, smiles with some embarrassment, and says in a choked whisper, "I was there." Ask him, "Is it just metal and clay?" Ask him. I dare you.
The Wall. My God, the Wall. See the young man lightly tracing the name of his father there inscribed. Ask him if its just rock. Ask him. I dare you.
A very moving piece of writing.
Ken
To see the rest click on the link.
URL: Metal and Wood
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roswellric
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Happy Veteran's Day
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11/11/2005 11:05:22 AM
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Thank God for all those who have served to preserve our life and liberty. I hope everyone will use this opportunity to pray for those vets and our country. We need it now.
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spider
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Happy Veteran's Day
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11/13/2005 12:09:05 PM
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Thanks for that post motorman. We all owe our freedom to those who risked, or were willing to risk, their lives for it. Unfortunately there are many who enjoy that freedom that have no idea of its price, and take it for granted. Fortunately there are many who enjoy it that do have an idea of its price, and are thankful.
Happy 230th Birthday (belated) to all Marines!!!
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