[AT] Fwd: Happy 4th of July....(OT)

[David Rotigel]

….and THANK YOU to all who have served!
	Dave

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>>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG,
>>> OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,
>>> AND TO THE REPUBLIC,
>>> FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION,
>>> INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
>>> AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
>>> KEEP IT LIT!KEEP IT LIT!
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>>> To all of our military personnel, where ever they may be.
>>> Support all of the troops defending our country!
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>>> Here’s to our Military
>>> Who have always protected our country for our freedom.
>>> Thanks to them, because of their sacrifices, we can celebrate the 4th of July!                                  
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>>> We must never forget who gets the credit for the freedoms we have,
>>> for which we should be eternally grateful.
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>>> I watched the flag pass by one day.
>>> It fluttered in the breeze.
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>>> A young Marine saluted it,
>>> And then he stood at ease. 
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>>> 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.   
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>>> How many men like him
>>> Had fallen through the years. 
>>> How many died on foreign soil; 
>>> How many mothers' tears? 
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>>> How many pilots' planes shot down?
>>> How many died at sea? 
>>> How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
>>> NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE !
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>>> I heard the sound of Taps one night,
>>> When everything was still. 
>>> I listened to the bugler play 
>>> And felt a sudden chill. 
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>>> I wondered just how many times 
>>> That Taps had meant 'Amen.'
>>> When a flag had draped a coffin
>>> Of a brother or a friend.
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>>> I thought of all the children,
>>> Of the mothers and the wives, 
>>> Of fathers, sons and husbands 
>>> With interrupted lives.
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>>> I thought about a graveyard
>>> At the bottom of the sea.
>>> Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
>>> NO FREEDOM ISN'T FREE!
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>>> Enjoy Your Freedom
>>> And Bless Our Troops.
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>>> When you receive this,
>>> Please stop for a moment 
>>> Think of our servicemen.
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>>> Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, gratitude is the very best one.
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