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I was thinking about liberty this past Memorial Day, How the freedom won by others is here for us to stay. It wasn't just the stroke of a pen that made men free, But the hard and difficult sacrifices, that gave us Liberty. We broke the allegiance to a king so far away, Pulled together as a nation, that has survived until today. We've fought against our own brothers to make slavery die, We still are healing from those wounds, with every racial cry. Like other nations bent on their empire's expanse, We have fought to that tune and made other men dance. But our stance has been true though all the horrors, Especially when we sent our boys to the "War To End All Wars". The world thought it worked and it did for awhile, But tyranny and evils will not end with only a smile. Another generation of men to freedom's call, And the flag with 48 stars then, was needed by all. Even after the victories we had an uphill fight, The evils among us would not take flight. So Freedom and Liberty have to be won each day, By those who survive the battle's fray. Not only the soldier is in that battle you know, Each one of us, has that same burden to tow. For if we are to remain free in this great land, "Liberty and Justice for ALL" must go hand in hand. When we know of wrong being done, It is our duty to help, as Freedom's citizen. Not just with lip service which continues despair, But get in the trenches, and Liberty repair. It is the hard won fight that brought us this far, The hard won victories of goodness and care. Have we forgotten who we are and from whenst we came? The words of "Freedom and Liberty" would not be the same. Except that a few men had the willingness to forego, Their fortunes, their lives, and to their posterity bestow. That Freedom and Liberty should come to all in this land, Can we do less, to keep to their plan? Someone once said, "It's not easy being me." It is harder still to live in the land of the Free. Where we enjoy our Liberty and Freedom to choose, Yet, how often have we let it be abused? Vote...if you want to keep your Liberty, Vote...if you want your children to be Free. It is in our right to vote that we have won this prize, Do not let its light be dimmed by "I don't need to..." sighs. For men the world over have we sent our own to save, For Freedom and Liberty - and The Home of The Brave!
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