<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=558943" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In Memory of Those who Fought and Died-Part I</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The day the tears dried on your loved ones' faces...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The day those men in uniform carried your casket <br>to your last resting place...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The day the solemn sound of the bugle <br>was heard once and for all - in your name...<br>by your friends, comrades-in-arms, relatives <br>and mourners you did not even know... </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The day that you did not hear the 21-gun salute <br>were fired not towards the enemy but <br>in your honor in deafening silence... </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The day when they folded the flag neatly on <br>your funeral service then handed this <br>'gift of life' to your grieving mom and dad, <br>your spouse, your son, your daughter, <br>your brother or sister... </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was the day - the beginning...<br>you were forever remembered! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are not forgotten and never will, <br>my buddy...my comrade. <br>As long as the stars and stripes, <br>fly proudly in every 50 states <br>...you will be remembered because <br>you are part of that flag. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, you are even part of those <br>who abuse and misuse this so-called <br>precious freedom that you have died for. <br>They, too, are indebted to you. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The freedom we have now - <br>we may not cherished were it not <br>for your bravery, patriotism and the lives <br>you sacrificed to fight it with. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Freedom to argue; freedom to protest <br>and demonstrate; freedom to vote and <br>not to vote, freedom to elect our leaders <br>and damn them too; freedom to burn the flag - <br>Let them be! <br>That is what real freedom is all about. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">America will always be a great nation, <br>today, tomorrow and forever...<br>because of you!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Don+Allan+Dinio">Don Allan Dinio</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=558943" data-title="In Memory of Those who Fought and Died-Part I de Don Allan Dinio" data-description="The day the tears dried on your loved ones' faces... The day those men in uniform carried your casket to your last resting place... The day the solemn sound of the bugle was heard once and for all - in your name... by your friends, comrades-in..."></div> </div> </div>

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