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

[John Maddock]

And the reference to antique tractors is.....?

JV

> ….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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