happy 4th of july VVA chapter 17 & 1076

Happy 4th of July!.... Let' s get this started ,NOW! So it will be out there on the fourth! I thought how many men like him had fallen through the years. How many died on foreign soil; how many mothers' tears?  How many pilots' planes shot down? How many died at sea? How many foxholes were soldiers' graves? NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE ! I heard the sound of Taps one night, when everything was still. I listened to the bugler play And felt a sudden chill. I wondered just how many times That Taps had meant 'Amen.'  When a flag had draped a coffin of a brother or a friend.  I thought of all the children, of the mothers and the wives, of fathers, sons and husbands With interrupted lives.  I thought about a graveyard At the bottom of the sea.  Of unmarked graves in  Arlington . NO FREEDOM ISN'T FREE Enjoy Your Freedom  and  God Bless Our Troops. When you receive this,  please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our servicemen.   Of all the gifts you could give a U.S. Soldier, prayer is the very best one.

Pray for those left behind