Thanks Patti Fannin! Patriotism

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From: Pat Fannin

To: Sam Kegley


Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 6:16:09 AM

Subject: FW: Let's get this circulating by July 4th






I HOPE THERE ISN'T ANYONE ON MY E-MAIL LIST THAT WON'T KEEP THIS GOING.







Happy 4th of

July!....

.....let' s get this started now,

So it will be out there on the fourth!!!!







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!

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KEEP IT LIT!



For

All of our other military personnel, where ever they may be

Please

Support all of the troops defending our Country.



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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







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We must never forget who

Gets the credit for the freedoms we have, of which we should be

Eternally grateful..

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I watched the flag

Pass by one day,

It fluttered in the breeze.





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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.





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I thought how many men

Like him

Had fallen through the years.

How many died on foreign

Soil

How many mothers' tears?



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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,'

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When a flag had draped a

Coffin.

Of a brother or a friend.





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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





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Of unmarked graves in

Arlington .

No, freedom isn't free.



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Enjoy Your Freedom

&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 US Soldier, Prayer is the very best

One.