Buzz 502 #1 Posted May 29, 2010 Freedom Is Not Free; Kelly Strong 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, 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikesRJ 558 #2 Posted May 29, 2010 Amen. Happy Memorial Day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickv1957 74 #4 Posted May 29, 2010 Chuck,thats nice,have a great one! Rick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-Series14 15 #5 Posted May 29, 2010 Be safe...and think of the troops far away and here stateside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d180man 5 #6 Posted May 30, 2010 :USA: Happy Memorial Day :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerry w 2 #7 Posted May 30, 2010 Happy Memorial Day, but take time to remember and thank those who have served and those who are not with us anymore, they paid the cost for our freedom. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
