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Abe
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0 posted 2009-05-23 06:40 PM



Section Sixty
The Saddest Acre In America

Men and Women buried here
Who gave their all for you and me
In Iraq and Afghanistan
So that, others, might be Free.

Row after row of headstones
Where friends and families grieve
They pay respects and say a prayer
There’s some, don’t want to leave.

Some will place a memento
For their Hero, neath the ground
And far too often, during the day
Hearing “Taps”, a mournful sound.

The white stones bear their Name
Rank and Branch and conflict Served
The dates of Birth and Death
And the Citations, they deserved.

Maybe, a symbol for their Faith
Something, etched above their name
But no matter what, their beliefs
They’re all treated just the same.

Once, Comrades in Battle
And now, resting neath that stone
Forever with, those other Heroes
So, they will never be alone.

Section Sixty, just a small part
Of this sacred, hallowed ground
But, each plot a special place
Where, a Hero may be found.

They all are in good company
Two hundred sixty thousand souls
Buried here at Arlington
Some young, with unfulfilled life goals.

All Served our Country selflessly
And they all deserve our praise
We should, remember them and thank them
Not just, only on, these holidays.


05.23.2009


Del "Abe" Jones
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Robert E. Jordan
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1 posted 2009-05-25 10:17 AM


Yo Abe,

This is a very good poem for this Memorial Day.  It’s well written too.

Bobby

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2 posted 2009-05-25 03:59 PM


Thank you, Abe.  Well written and speaks to my heart.

Alison

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3 posted 2009-05-25 04:27 PM


Yes, remember them always, not just on this
day.  Thanx Abe....

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4 posted 2009-05-26 09:04 AM


Section 60....it is difficult to ponder this number today without feeling the chill of what we still endure.
How many more must be sacrificed before humans find a way to hold hands instead of weapons?

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5 posted 2009-05-26 09:51 AM


AMEN!

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6 posted 2009-05-26 12:45 PM


It sounds strange to say, "Freedom is worth dying for" if you are dead you can not live free.  
So it goes a bit further to realize that those that fought and died for freedom knew the worth of this freedom and freely gave of their lives for others.

Freedom is not free,
Peace is not peacefully obtained.

God Bless our fallen HERO's.

Very apropriate poem,  Should be reposted annually.
Tracey.

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