Saturday, May 19, 2018

Armed Forces Day 2018



Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands,

And of armed men the hum;

Lo! a nation's hosts have gathered

Round the quick alarming drum...

Saying, "Come,

 Freemen, come!

Ere your heritage be wasted,"

said the quick alarming drum.


Lexington Green
19th of April, 1775
Don Troiani


"Let me of my heart take counsel:

War is not of life the sum;

Who shall stay and reap the harvest

When the autumn days shall come,

But the drum 

Echoed, "Come!

Death shall reap the braver harvest,"

said the solemn-sounding drum.



The Blue And The Gray
American Civil War
(1861-1865)
Mort Kunstler


"But when won the coming battle,

What of profit springs therefrom?

What if conquest, subjugation,

Even greater ills become?"

But the drum

Answered, "Come!

You must do the sum to prove it,"

said the Yankee-answering drum.




Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill
Spanish-American War 1898
Frederic Remington
(1909)



"What if, 'mid the cannons' thunder,

Whistling shot and bursting bomb,

When my brothers fall around me,

Should my heart grow cold and numb?

But the drum,

Answered, "Come!

Better there in death united than in life a recreant-Come!"



The Americans At Chateau-Thierry
World War I 1918/1919
NC Wyeth



Thus they answered-hoping, fearing,

Some in faith, and doubting some,

Till a trumpet-voice proclaiming,

Said, "My chosen people, come!"

Then the drum

Lo! was dumb

For the great heart of the nation, throbbing,

answered, "Lord, we come!"



Iwo Jima
World War II
(1939-1945)
Brian Hustead




At The Cutting Edge Of Battle
Korean War (1950-53)
James Dietz



The Screaming Eagles
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Bob George



The Lightning Of Desert Storm
 Gulf War (1990-91)
James Dietz



Strike On Karbala
Operation Iraqi Freedom
(2003-2011)
James Dietz




Counter Attack
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
(2001-2014)
James Dietz








To all Americans who have honorably served and who are
serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
thank you for my freedom.  God bless you!


"The Reveille"
Bret Hart
(1836-1902)



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