Because of the Brave

by Elizabeth Burgard Fulgaro © 2009

(written Memorial Day, May 25, 2009 to honor those who gave all)

The sun rises on a new dawn

Which some will never see

Where we who live, live in freedom

Because of those who served

So we are free

All gave much, some gave more

And some gave all

Today we remember, will never forget

We are land of the free because of the brave.

Their blood spilled out in Flanders

Soaked the shores of Normandy

One by one they gave their lives

Not for themselves, but you and me

On countless islands in the Pacific

Pusan, Inchon and jungles of ‘Nam

All gave much, some gave more

And some gave all

Today we remember, will never forget

We are land of the free because of the brave.

For children playing baseball games

For lovers picnicking at the beach

For shoppers at the malls

For protestors lining the streets

For Buddhists, Hindus, Islamic, atheists, Christians, Jews and more

All gave much, some gave more

And some gave all

Today we remember, will never forget

We are land of the free because of the brave

For Afghan women who go to school

Iraqis who now vote

They gave their lives in Fallujah

Haditha, Baghdad, on the roads

In the mountains of Afghanistan and on nameless desert sands

May God be with their families

May He bless them every day

And may we never forget the Star Spangled Banner yet waves

O’er the land of the free because of the brave.

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