Saturday, May 23, 2009

Memorial Day Tribute


Oh! Thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land for the free and the home of the brave!

* by Francis Scott Key *
(last verse of the Star Spangled Banner - my emphasis added)


Thank you to all who have ever stood between their (our!) loved homes & the war's desolation.

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