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Freedom's Price
As you soak up May's warm sunshine
And mix sweetened tea with ice
I hope you will give one small thanks
For your freedom and it's price
Memorial Day's a tribute
To your countrymen who died
And to all those who answered "yes"
When the time came to decide
It isn't about politics
Or wars we fought and won
Give thought to this, and you will see
Someone's daughter, someone's son
America, you're beautiful
We love you shore to shore
The spirit of freedom you represent
Will shine forevermore
So, as you plan that barbeque
gathering family, friends, and such
Remember those we must not forget
Who paid for freedom's cost
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Karen Shaw Matteson ~
© used with permission
Read more of her poetry here.
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"The longing after something lost,
The spirit's longing cry,
The striving after better hopes--
These things can never die"
by Charles Dickens
From "Things That Never Die"
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©2001 Corbis Corporation
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