From Mark Alexander at The Patriot Post
It is notable that Veterans Day shares the same anniversary date as the signing of the Mayflower Compact in 1620. That simple document, after all, is the taproot of a great nation, now a shining beacon of Liberty, which owes its very existence to the toils and trials of generations of American Veterans.
From the cold winter winds at Valley Forge in 1777 to the deadly terrain of the Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan today, generations of American Patriots have stood fast in defense of Liberty and at great cost.
I am certain I will never meet a seasoned war Veteran who is fond of combat, but to a man, every Patriot concurs with John Stuart Mill’s timeless note on the subject: “War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”
I am equally certain that these Patriots, like millions of others since the 1789 founding of our Republic, have honored their “sacred oaths” to support and defend the Liberty enshrined in our Constitution, against all enemies foreign and domestic.
God Bless our veterans!
Thank’s Cap’n
It’s been awhile since I visited your site so I looked at each post all the back Juan Williams.
I’ll have to remember that if I ever decide to haul my trailer to California and Washington that there’s a new campground just behind your new house…might just check it out (LOL)
Meanwhile, my wife has this new interest that she suddenly developed so maybe we’ll be looking more at your site for some helpful hints to what looks like her new hobby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im77fAfr400
Norm
ps: This was my Veteran’s Day post http://normanhooben.blogspot.com/2010/11/veterans-dayit-doesnt-get-any-better.html
Hello Norm,
Thanks for the link to that video. It’s nice to see that the wife is interested in shooting.
I posted our main Veteran’s Day tribute on the other blog:
http://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/2010/11/11/two-special-veterans/