We pause for this Memorial Day to join in this refrain to those who gave their all for us so freedom we'd retain.

We pause for this Memorial Day to join in this refrain to those who gave their all for us so freedom we'd retain.·

By Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.
May 23, 2009-- (For Memorial Day May 25, 2009; Memorial Weekend May 23-24)

We pause for this Memorial Day to join in this refrain to those who gave their all for us so freedom we'd retain. For darkness they confronted in preserving freedom's light, we owe them more than we can pay for giving more than life. But lives they gave endure today in hearts and souls and minds of we who drink from freedom's cup the fruits of freedom's vine.

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We pause for this Memorial Day
to join in this refrain
to those who gave their all for us
so freedom we'd retain.

For darkness they confronted
in preserving freedom's light,
we owe them more than we can pay
for giving more than life.

But lives they gave endure today
in hearts and souls and minds
of we who drink from freedom's cup
the fruits of freedom's vine.

--Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com

From whence do such heroes come? For what should we thank them? How should we thank them? From farms in the country, from cities and towns, from places quite humble, from places renowned, from fact'ries, from stores and from offices tall, from service professions, from stores in our malls, come citizen soldiers their country to serve as full time professionals or guard or reserve.

Whom do they leave behind? From mothers and fathers and husbands and wives, from children and lovers and friends in their lives, our citizen soldiers depart despite tears on missions of danger in spite of their fears as selflessly, proudly, and bravely they serve that freedom of conscience and Faith be preserved.

What should we say on Memorial Day not only to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice but to those who are still serving? We should say, "To you who defend us, we proudly proclaim our pride in the deeds you have done in our name. We thank you, we thank you for deeds in our name, We thank you, we thank you for deeds in our name.

Each of us must find his own way to answer these questions. Here are my thoughts on the subject in the form of a song I wrote titled, "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name":

Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name

From farms in the country, from cities and towns,
from places quite humble, from places renowned,
from fact'ries, from stores and from offices tall,
from service professions, from stores in our malls,
come citizen soldiers their country to serve
as full time professionals or guard or reserve.

From mothers and fathers and husbands and wives,
from children and lovers and friends in their lives,
our citizen soldiers depart despite tears
on missions of danger in spite of their fears
as selflessly, proudly, and bravely they serve
that freedom of conscience and Faith be preserved.

In caves and in tunnels where murderers train
unspeakable terror they face in our name.
With principled discipline, training and skill
in taming the instinct to kill or be killed
our citizen soldiers have honored our name,
so, proudly we thank them for deeds in our name.

They serve in the skies, and at sea and on land,
in mountains and jungles and deserts of sand,
on foot and in foxholes, in trenches and tents,
in tanks and on submarine mission descents,
in planes and on ships and on carrier decks,
in Humvees, and hangars and convoys on treks.

For risks to themselves in their battles with terrors
increased by attempts to use force without error,
for risks to themselves they increase by providing
assistance to those who for freedom are striving,
our citizen soldiers have honored our name,
so thank them we must for their deeds in our name.

So we and posterity freedom retain
barbaric regimes you confront in our name.
To you who defend us, we proudly proclaim
our pride in the deeds you have done in our name.
We thank you, we thank you for deeds in our name,
We thank you, we thank you for deeds in our name.·

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--Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.

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