{"id":482,"date":"2011-05-29T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2011-05-27T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T02:45:20","slug":"in-honor-of-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"In Honor of Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Monday is Memorial Day which honors our American soldiers who lost their lives in service to their country. So in honor of Memorial Day, here\u2019s a poem. Let it be a tribute to all the soldiers who know that the cost of freedom is not free.<\/p>\n

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Just a Common Soldier<\/strong>
\nby A. Lawrence Vaincourt<\/em>
\nHe was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
\nAnd he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past
\nOf a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,
\nIn his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one<\/p>\n

And tho’ sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,
\nAll his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke
\nBut we’ll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,
\nAnd the world’s a little poorer, for a soldier died today<\/p>\n

He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,
\nFor he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life
\nHeld a job and raised a family, quietly going his own way,
\nAnd the world won’t note his passing, though a soldier died today<\/p>\n

When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,
\nWhile thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.
\nPapers tell their whole life stories, from the time that they were young,
\nBut the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung<\/p>\n

Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land
\nA guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?
\nOr the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife,
\nGoes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?<\/p>\n

If we cannot do him honor while he’s here to hear the praise,
\nThen at least let’s give him homage at the ending of his days
\nPerhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say,
\nOur Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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