To Every American Soldier On Memorial Day

Your blood cries out to us
        beneath a benign grassy grave

     Yours was the ultimate sacrifice
        all for our freedom to save
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Bauer Avatar
May 28, 2023 at 3:22 PM
A terrific tribute, Gershon!
Wolf Avatar
May 28, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Appreciate it, ilene. Grassy knolls are so humbling...
Lawless Avatar
May 28, 2023 at 7:33 AM
AMEN...
Wolf Avatar
May 28, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Thank you, John!
Hawkins Avatar
May 27, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Too much bloodshed everywhere
Wolf Avatar
May 27, 2023 at 9:47 PM
That's for sure!
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