For Love of Country
Uploaded: May 28, 2012
"For love of country they accepted death..." (James A. Garfield)
"Time will not dim the glory of their deeds." (John J. Pershing)
"There is no peace to be taken with poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung." [American Poet, Joyce Kilmer...1886-1918. When America entered World War I in 1917, Kilmer enlisted. On July 20, 1918, he was killed at age 31 by a German sniper during the Second Battle of the Marne on the Western Front. He is the author of the poem, 'Trees' (1913). Kilmer was buried in the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, near Fere-en-Tardenois, Aisne, Picardy, France. Although Kilmer is buried in France in an American military cemetery, a cenotaph is located on the Kilmer family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.]
GOD BLESS OUR TROUPS! THANK YOU!!
Lorraine A. Cook May 28, 2012
"DECORATION DAY"Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest
On this Field of the Grounded Arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms!
Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
At the cannon's sudden roar,
Or the drum's redoubling beat.
But in this camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.
All is repose and peace,
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease,
It is the Truce of God!
Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
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Joy Rector May 28, 2012
beautiful, love the poem too #10156877John Connolly May 28, 2012
I love the background here Lorraine, it really emphasises the flag! A wonderful capture and text, well done! #10157633Tammy Espino May 28, 2012
Wonderful tribute :) #10157858Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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