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| CELEBRATE FREEDOM
JULY IS THE MONTH TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM AND TO REMEMBER THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. IT HAS COST US DEARLY. LET US HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND HELPED TO PRESERVE IT. A SALUTE TO VETERANS AND ALL WHO HEARD THE CALL. THEN DROPPED THE PLOW AND MARCHED AHEAD TO WHERE THEY GAVE THEIR ALL. THEY FOUGHT AND THEY PRAYED TO LIVE YET ANOTHER DAY KNOWING THAT MANY WOULD GO, AND ONLY A FEW WOULD STAY. THE BLEAK FOG OF DARKNESS SEEMED TO EMBRACE THEM ALL. THROUGH SLEEPLESS NIGHTS THEIR SOULS WOULD ECHO THE CALL: "FREEDOM, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE" FOR ALL, NOT THE FEW. KEEP THOSE STARS A-SHINING AMIDST THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE" THE SAME CALL FOR FREEDOM HEARD BY MANY BEFORE, FROM BUNKER HILL TO YORKTOWN AND ALONG THE POTOMAC SHORE. THE DRUM BEAT OF COURAGE BEAT IN EVERY BREAST. AGAIN THEY CAME AND ANSWERED THE CALL AND PASSED EVERY TEST. FROM THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC TO THE SHORES OF NORMANDY, THEY FOUGHT AND DIED AND MOTHERS CRIED THEIR HEARTBROKEN PLEA: "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, WE BESEECH YOU FOR PEACE. TURN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO YOU; AND CAUSE ALL HATE TO CEASE." "IN THIS TIME OF NEW BEGINNING, IN THE NEW WORLD THAT WE CREATE, HELP US TO LIVE IN LOVE— AND SAY GOOD-BYE TO HATE." - Rev. Betty Tatalajski |
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