With Veteran's Day still much on my mind, and to commemorate the homecoming of our local fallen hero Psc. Aaron Aamot, I offer this post;
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press;
It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech;
It is the Soldier not the campus organizer
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate;
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier
Who salutes the flag,
Who serves under the flag
and whose coffin is draped by the flag
Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.
(Author uncertain: commonly attributed to either Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC or Charles M. Province, US Army)
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