Fw: Happy 4th of July!....

 

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!! KEEP IT LIT!  For all of our other military personnel, where ever they may be.  Please Support all of the troops defending our Country. 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. We must never forget who gets the credit for the freedoms we have,  of which we should be eternally grateful.  I watched the flag pass by one day.  It fluttered in the breeze.  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.  I thought how many men like him  had fallen through the years. How many died on foreign soil; how many mothers' tears? 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.'  When a flag had draped a coffin  of a brother or a friend.  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.  Of unmarked graves in  Arlington .  NO FREEDOM ISN'T FREE Enjoy Your Freedom  and 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 U.S. Soldier, prayer is the very best one.

 

Fw: January 2013

One sunny day in January 2013, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue where he'd been sitting on  a park bench. He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, "I would like  to go in and meet with President Obama." The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer President and no longer resides here." The old man said, "Okay," and walked away. The following day the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama." The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no longer President and no longer resides here." The man thanked him and again just walked away. The third day the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U.S. Marine, saying, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama." The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here  asking to speak to Mr. Obama.  I've told you already that Mr. Obama is no longer the President and no longer resides here.  Don't  you understand?" The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand.  I just love hearing it." The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir." Don't forget to vote!   That old man is depending on you!!!