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!




And God bless our Military,
who are protecting our Country for our freedom.
Thanks to them and all of their sacrifices,
we can celebrate the 4th of July.




We must never forget who gets the credit
for all of the freedoms we have,
and for which we will be eternally grateful!


     



--- A POEM FOR OUR TROOPS ---

I watched the flag pass by one day,
As 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 Pilot's planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were Soldier's 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.