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View Of The Tomb Of The Unknowns From Section 7-A Of Arlington National Cemetery, Photo By Holly, November 2008
View Of The Tomb Of The Unknowns From Section 7-A Of Arlington National Cemetery, Photo By Holly, November 2008


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Tomb Sentry In The Sunshine, By Captain Henry Kass, USAF, November 2005
 Sentry At The Tomb of the Unknowns: Photo Courtesy of Henry Kass, Captain, United States Air Force, November 2005

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"We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and
slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken -- you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

"As we consider the role that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who at this very hour patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.

"America: In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words.  With hope and virtue,
let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.  Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested
we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we
carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations."

President Barack Obama, 20 January 2009


 
They shall grow not old
 As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them . . 
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We will remember them!
-- Lawrence Binyon
 Great harm has been done to us.
We have suffered great loss.
And in our grief and anger we have found
our mission and our moment."
-- President George W. Bush, September 2001
I pray that our Heavenly Father
may assuage the anguish of your bereavement,
and leave you only the cherished memory of the
loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours,
to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.
-- Abraham Lincoln, November 1864
"War drew us from our homeland
In the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive remain
 in perpetual springtime -- forever young --
And a part of them is with us always."
-- Author Unknown
I have fought a good fight
I have finished my course
I have kept the faith.
-- Timothy 2:4:7
Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.
Aeschylus.
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Kennedy which Includes This Poem.
When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night,
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
-- Scene 2, Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Turn Again To Life
If I should die and leave you here awhile,
Be not like others, sore and undone,
Who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep.
For my sake - turn again to life and smile
Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do
Something to comfort other hearts than thine.
Complete those dear unfinished tasks of mine
And I, perchance,  may therein comfort you.
-- A. Price Hughes & Mary Lee Hall
Do not stand by my grave and weep ... I am not there;
I do not sleep.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds
circling in flight.
Do not stand by my grave and cry ...
I am not there. I did not die.
 -- Royster

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