Please click below for a
wonderful video and song regarding Arlington
National Cemetery
God Bless those who gave
all for the freedoms that we enjoy today in America!
Courtesy of Trace Adkins.
I never thought that this
is where I'd settle down.
I thought I'd die an old
man back in my hometown.
They gave me this plot of
land,
Me and some other men, for
a job well done.
There's a big White House
sits on a hill just up the road.
The man inside, he cried
the day they brought me home.
They folded up a flag and
told my Mom and Dad:
"We're proud of your son."
And I'm proud to be on this
peaceful piece of property.
I'm on sacred ground and
I'm in the best of company.
I'm thankful for those thankful
for the things I've done.
I can rest in peace;
I'm one of the chosen ones:
I made it to Arlington.
I remember Daddy brought
me here when I was eight.
We searched all day to find
out where my grand-dad lay.
And when we finally found
that cross,
He said: "Son, this is what
it cost to keep us free."
Now here I am, a thousand
stones away from him.
He recognized me on the
first day I came in.
And it gave me a chill when
he clicked his heels,
And saluted me.
And I'm proud to be on this
peaceful piece of property.
I'm on sacred ground and
I'm in the best of company.
I'm thankful for those thankful
for the things I've done.
I can rest in peace;
I'm one of the chosen ones:
I made it to Arlington.
And everytime I hear twenty-one
guns,
I know they brought another
hero home to us.
And I'm proud to be on this
peaceful piece of property.
I'm on sacred ground and
I'm in the best of company.
We're thankful for those
thankful for the things we've done.
We can rest in peace;
'Cause we are the chosen
ones:
We made it to Arlington.
Yeah, dust to dust,
Don't cry for us:
We made it to Arlington.
Posted: 2 July 2006