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[Talon]

Heroes

By Jared Jenkins

 

 

In war, there are lives risked and lives taken

Men and women giving their best to defend what they love

They defend their country

Their honor

Their people

 

Some call them soldiers

Others call them heroes

 

Our veterans have risked their lives for us

They have lived through hell and fought with honor

Many have killed

And regret doing so

 

For every life, there is a soul

For every soul, there is a life

For those who have died, we show great appreciation and remembrance

For those who live, along with them live the horrific memories of battle

Some, memories of defeat

Some, memories of victory

 

Our veterans were more than soldiers

They were, and still are heroes

[AXIL]

  talon, thank you for the post.   axil

[TN]

 




TN

[FLYNDYNA]

Very appropriate-great post!

[mr_magoo]

Thanks to all veterans for giving me the freedoms I enjoy.

[Hugh Janis]

Thanks for the poem.  Thanks to all Veterans for your service.  One benefit of Veterans Day over Memorial Day is that I can thank them personally.

[screaminchickensrule]

Great post have a great Veteran's Day...

[Talon]

This is one of the most popular Veterans poems

In Flanders Field
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)



IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.


We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.


Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.


America's Answer
R.W. Lillard

Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead
The fight that you so bravely led
We've taken up. And we will keep
True faith with you who lie asleep,
With each a cross to mark his bed,
And poppies blowing overhead,
When once his own life-blood ran red
So let your rest be sweet and deep
In Flanders Fields.


Fear not that ye have died for naught;
The torch ye threw to us we caught,
Ten million hands will hold it high,
And freedom's light shall never die!
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders' fields.

[MIKEYTEE]

Thank you to all the veterans for the sacrifices you made to assure our freedom!
Mike

[naitram]

a number of years ago a group called "Caroline's Spine" did a song about the Sullivan brothers always think of that song on vetrans day

[SPIDERMAN]

One of the greatest disappointments of being forced to retire is that I no longer have the honor and pleasure of supporting our men and women at arms every day. I have the highest regard and admiration for those who willingly put themselves in harms way so that we all may enjoy the freedoms we cherish so deeply. On this day I thank all of you who are presently serving as well as honor all those who have served and especially those who made the greatest sacrifice in service to their country.

God Bless you all and God Bless America

B B

[HarleyRider2004]

Thanks to all that have and are serving.

[Gettinold]

Thank You all Veterans.  God Bless America.

[Sean M Cary]

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html

One of my favorite quotes.

[SBB]

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html

One of my favorite quotes.

A great quote!