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God help us all to remember those who gave all. Make them proud that it was not for nothing.
Memorial Day 2021- Apology
Memorial Day 2021 – Apology
By Franklin Price
05/31/2021
World War Two's the last war that we really fought to win
If we had to do it over, we would do it all again
We saved the globe from evil and we overcame the fall
We were the saviors of the world, were heroes one and all
We emerged a Super Power and it went right to our head,
To the government in Washington, who has brought us most our dread
They've become the rulers of us, and the world they want to see
They are working to demolish, the land created for the free
I am a living veteran who has come to realize
That, to those who gave their all, we should now apologize
Should be sorry where this country is; that's right, the U.S.A
That they gave their lives, their everything, to get us where we are today.
The ones who really got us here are the ones in Washington
They put us into wars not right, for politics and fun
They didn't let the Generals, command what should be done
They told them how to fight the fight, that never could be won
There is no government, for the people, from the left or from the right
There are few attempts to cross the aisle, and no relief in sight
We the people need to step up, help to start again, anew
Replace the ones who now control us, who think they are the chosen few
Otherwise, the ones who died, who gave their everything,
Will have died to give them power, and for us to kiss their ring
To honor those who died for us, we need to start again
And make the war, within the U.S.A., be a war the people win.
Be involved and, when the time comes, vote to honor those who died to allow you to cast that vote.
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