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I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the
soldier at Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his
bloody hands. He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from
lack of food, wounded from months of battle and emotionally
scarred from the eternity away from his family surrounded by
nothing but death and the carnage of war. He stands though,
with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath. He looks at
us now in anger and disgust and tells us this...
I
gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution
and now your children graduate too illiterate to read it.
I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the
freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains!
I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech
and you remain silent on critical issues, because it might
be bad for business.
I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you
and it has stolen democracy from the people.
It's the soldier, not the reporter who gives you the freedom
of the press.
It's the soldier, not the poet who gives you the
freedom of speech.
It's the soldier, not the campus organizer who allows you to
demonstrate.
It's the soldier, who salutes the flag, serves the
flag, which drapes his coffin and allows the protester to
burn the flag!!!
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as
they protect us. Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.
Amen."
Bill Walker |
