As I write this it is currently 2:02 AM in Central U.S. Today is May 28, 2012. Memorial Day.
I know my readers out there love a good chapter once in a while, love being normal and having free rights. Knowing that they were free.
But let us not forget that we would never have these rights and freedoms we have today if it wasn't for the ones fighting outside the U.S. Fighting to keep hope alive in others and to protect us, their home, their friends, their family.
They risk their lives on a daily basis so that we may have a tomorrow. A tomorrow that is free. A tomorrow that is right. Many died in the world to secure out freedom.
Millions in the World Wars. Thousands in small wars. But nonetheless let us know that they fought to keep us free and they showed that they would die to do so.
So, my brothers and sisters, let us hang our heads in thanks for those who risk their lives, for those who are already gone, and for those who will fight in the future. Let us remember that they did not die in vain. That they live on. In our dreams, our thoughts, our memories.
Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with might endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.