This Memorial Day, please remember to pause long enough to honor our fallen. They more than deserve that honor.
American Cemeteries around the world and the number of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice:
Note: the above is the soundtrack opener for the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan.
In honor of our fallen, the Armed Forces Medley, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra and, my "alma mater," the Choral Arts Society of Washington:
One of the most powerful videos I have seen in a long time that reflect the enormity of it all. Let us enjoy this day that so many have paid such a dear price for our enjoyment.
ReplyDeleteNever Forget
ReplyDelete__ A MEMORIAL DAY LAMENT __
ReplyDeleteThe thought arises once again:
That our brave men have died in vain
If in our now-degraded state
We see no more why they were great,––
And rattle on belligerently ––
Rejecting Thought that made us free ––
Embracing now with loud insistence ––
Malice threatening our existence ––
Tearing at each other's throats ––
While a leering Satan gloats ––
A sorry spectacle that wrenches
My heart thinking of the trenches
Filled with anguish, fear and dread
As bullets whizzed above each head,
And buried in the mud the mines
Lurked to shatter limbs and spines,
While in the distance cannons boomed
Inspiring fear that all were doomed.
Then to see a body shattered ––
One a buddy –– now parts scattered ––
In the mud with corpses strewn ––
Gruesome lit by sun or moon ––
More pitiful the wounded lie
In agony praying to die.
And all around the smell of blood
Vomit, –– urine, –– feces, –– crud
Defined the hellish atmosphere
But few if any shed a tear.
They knew they had a job to do ––
Protecting our land –– and you ––
From Tyranny, –– Brutality ––
Poverty –– and Slavery ––
Their Sacrifice –– Our Legacy –
Now relegated to the Fire ––
Ever the Enemy’s Desire ––
Because their precious Victory
Was neutralized by Sophistry
That promised Peace eternally
By ceding our Sovereignty
As a dumb ovine assembly
Always led too easily
To the abattoir where brutally
They end up slaughtered ruthlessly.
And so the Enemy has won ––
Not by bayonet, bomb, or gun ––
But by an ideology
Seductive, to those lazily
Imagining there’s an Easy Way
To stop becoming Satan’s Prey.
Thus lulled into a stupor we
Now feel a false Security.
Forgetting the we owe a debt
To those brave men who fought to get
Continued Opportunity
To cherish their fine legacy.
Because the Left runs Education
We’ve lost our great Emancipation ––
Betrayed great men through dissipation
Made worse by bitter argumentation.
~ FreeThinke
Quite poignant, Franco.
DeleteAs you know, I have turned pessimistic over the years, but people all over this nation standing up to the petty tyrants that run their states has given me hope.
Stunning video and appropriately themed by John Williams.
ReplyDeleteIt is heartbreaking to witness the cemeteries of Americans who sacrificed their lives. Really impressed by the mindblowing virtual choir performance by the Armed forces. My daughter, who is associated with Top IAS coaching centres in Chennai, has started with her virtual classroom sessions.
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