Legacy Matters

Memorial Day

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,
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.

Kelly Strong

From 1776 the Musical, here is Momma Look Sharp

It's a long line of men willing to die so that we could be free from 1776 until today, across time and space.  Let us give recollect and give thanks to all the fallen.