Flag Day

A coward goes by many names – a brave man often has none; an Unknown with a cross… body parts on a battlefield – there is no sin we do not share, nor victory the blessed soul of man does not have a right to jointly sing; far more to measure than any single journey: no life worth honoring that does not recognize and humbly pay tribute to the many brave men and women who died for our flag, representing Freedom for All for which we should proudly stand, hand over one's heart Pledging Allegiance.

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Brandy Nicole

Date: 8/17/2020 11:41:00 AM

I am with you. I will always place my hand over my heart. "humbly pay tribute to the many brave men and women who died for our flag" Yes, indeed. I am still in shock with those that go down on their knee. Your thoughts hold me so close. ~ Brandy

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/17/2020 12:08:00 PM

Hi Brandy; more and more, like ourselves, often the Silent Majority are boldly voicing what is right. Silence is complicit.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/16/2020 3:24:00 PM

Amen, Joe! Abe Lincoln is smiling down at you from Heaven... :) gw

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/16/2020 7:02:00 PM

Amazing how ignorant these fools are...they do not realize the damage they do to their own souls. When unpatriotic we injure the spirits of thousands who fought and died for our freedoms. Entirely self-obsessed morons. Lincoln was a great American! Thank you my friend.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 8/16/2020 11:12:00 AM

Love you for writing this~ These days, if we are patriots, we get sneered at and avoided, oy!! Our freedoms were bought by others' blood. Thanks, Joe Forever~ Pangie xx

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/16/2020 12:02:00 PM

For God and country! Blessings, and keep being brave as you are. Too many good people, now-days, go about without exhibiting a spine -- The blame, allowing public schools to be taken over by Marxist/Communists. Obama was a contributing cancer. Still is.

Heidi Sands

Date: 8/15/2020 8:45:00 AM

Important poem. Well said :)

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/15/2020 10:34:00 AM

Thank you, Heidi; blessings my friend.

Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 8/15/2020 8:11:00 AM

Perhaps the positive side of the non-isolation of each of our lives expressed so well by John Donne. Well said, Joe.

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/15/2020 8:17:00 AM

Hi Geoffrey; I just changed the ending a bit, so tired of seeing worthless fools taking a knee for our flag.