Memorial Day
Memorial Day
The finest tribute we can pay Unto our hero dead to-day, Is not a rose wreath, white and red, In memory of the blood they shed; It is to stand beside each mound, Each couch of consecrated ground, And pledge ourselves as warriors true Unto the work they died to do.Into God’s valleys where they lie At rest, beneath the open sky, Triumphant now o’er every foe, As living tributes let us go. No wreath of rose or immortelles Or spoken word or tolling bells Will do to-day, unless we give Our pledge that liberty shall live.
Our hearts must be the roses red We place above our hero dead; To-day beside their graves we must Renew allegiance to their trust; Must bare our heads and humbly say We hold the Flag as dear as they, And stand, as once they stood, to die To keep the Stars and Stripes on high.
The finest tribute we can pay Unto our hero dead to-day Is not of speech or roses red, But living, throbbing hearts instead, That shall renew the pledge they sealed With death upon the battlefield: That freedom’s flag shall bear no stain And free men wear no tyrant’s chain.
Edgar Guest
Frank Jr., Mar 9, 10:36 PM:
I am my fathers son, and damn proud. His name was Frank Lynch Sr. He died at a VA hospital. What a horror story I can tell. Now my mother who is old is affraid and feels so lost. The casualty assistance program at Fort Jackson is worthless. My father served honnerably in Korea and Vietnam. Purple Heart and Bronnze Star earnred. He was my hero as a soldier and a father. Growing up as a depedant in the military I learned many things. Sad to find out that after my father died a week ago that my mother has been left behind with little support from the VA.