[Faith-talk] Fw: Happy 4th of July!!

[Ron Poire]

Hi All,
I found this to be pretty good.

Ron Po8ire


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Johnson" <bruce1_johnson at comcast.net>
To: "Albert Sanchez" <albertsanchez at suddenlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:16 AM
Subject: Happy 4th of July!!


> Happy 4th of July!!
>
>
>
> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE  FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO
> THE REPUBLIC, FOR
>
> WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER  GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH  LIBERTY AND
> JUSTICE FOR ALL!   KEEP IT LIT!! KEEP IT LIT! For all of our other 
> military
> personnel, whereever they may be. Please Support all of the troops 
> defending
> our Country.  And God Bless our Military who are protecting our Country 
> for
> our Freedom. Thanks to them, and their sacrifices, we can celebrate the 
> 4th
> of July.   We must never forget who gets the credit for the freedoms we
> have, of which we should be eternally grateful.  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
>
> and  God Bless Our Troops. When you receive this, please stop for a moment
> and say a prayer for our servicemen. Of all the gifts you could give a 
> U.S.
> Soldier, prayer is the very best one.   ---
>