A Memorial Day Tribute: It Is The Soldier

[Ava]

It Is The Soldier​

Charles M. Province​

It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.





Charles M. Province grew up on his Grandpa's farm in a small mining town in Southeast Missouri. Following High School, he joined the U.S. Army and learned to operate the ancient "IBM Punch Card Machines" – the precursors to today's computers. He spent many years working for computer manufacturing companies such as DEC, CDC, and IBM. He worked for the Union-Tribune Newspaper in San Diego for forty years and was a computer science instructor in the San Diego Community College District.

 

[Oddball]

 

[Manonthestreet]

 

[Oddball]

 

[rightwinger]

I would like to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defending our liberty

I also wish Happy Memorial Day to all, even the MAGA Scum who are destroying our beautiful nation and are a stain on this nation

 

[Zafira Cherry]

I would like to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defending our liberty

I also wish Happy Memorial Day to all, even the MAGA Scum who are destroying our beautiful nation and are a stain on this nation

What about the Suckers and Losers?

 

[Ava]

I would like to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defending our liberty

I also wish Happy Memorial Day to all, even the MAGA Scum who are destroying our beautiful nation and are a stain on this nation

Not the time nor the place for that second paragraph, rw. Have you no shame nor respect for those who are sharing their personal stories of grief and hardship. Go to another thread to express your hostilities, please.

 

[rightwinger]

Not the time nor the place for that second paragraph, rw. Have you no shame nor respect for those who are sharing their personal stories of grief and hardship. Go to another thread to express your hostilities, please.

Ava
Welcome to the MAGA America you voted for where civility and grace are mocked as Woke

Trump fires off Memorial Day message targeting 'SCUM' who sought to 'DESTROY' the US

President Donald Trump posted a Memorial Day message in which he wished a Happy Memorial Day to everyone, including "scum" spreading "radical left" views.

www.foxnews.com

The president, who posted the all-caps tirade on Monday morning, called out the "SCUM" who he said had attempted to destroy the nation.

"HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS, WHO ALLOWED 21,000,000 MILLION PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY ENTER OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM BEING CRIMINALS AND THE MENTALLY INSANE, THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE, AND THROUGH JUDGES WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDER, AND RAPE AGAIN — ALL PROTECTED BY THESE USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY

 

[rightwinger]

To all the MAGA SCUM on USMB

I hope you use this day to reflect on the damage you have done to this great nation. You and your Trophy Wives can still enjoy the great nation that LIBERALS have provided you.

Thank you for giving us THIS



Donald J. Trump


@realDonaldTrump



HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS, WHO ALLOWED 21,000,000 MILLION PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY ENTER OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM BEING CRIMINALS AND THE MENTALLY INSANE,THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE, AND THROUGH JUDGES WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDER, AND RAPE AGAIN — ALL PROTECTED BY THESE USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY. HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, WILL SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL. BUT FEAR NOT, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS, AND AMERICA WILL SOON BE SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! AGAIN, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!

 

[Ava]

I didn't bother reading your post, rw. Best to ignore the trolls. They are miserable people who are still having to live with themselves sans any self-respect. Soldiers died for your freedom to be who you turned out to be.

 

[rightwinger]

I didn't bother reading your post, rw. Best to ignore the trolls. They are miserable people who are still having to live with themselves sans any self-respect.

Ava


Why don’t you comment on what your MAGA Lord posted to honor Memorial Day?

You were quick to attack me for the same

 

[Manonthestreet]

Sgt. York’s Memorial Day Message Still Inspires

On Memorial Day, 1941, Sgt. Alvin York spoke at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This humble farmer from the backwoods of Tennessee began his military career as a pacifist. While he was serving with the U.S. Army during WW I, a Bible study with hi...

www.americanthinker.com

 

[Manonthestreet]

‘Greater Love Hath No Man’: The Four Chaplains and the True Meaning of Memorial Day

It was just after midnight on February 3, 1943, when the frigid black waters of the North Atlantic swallowed the USAT Dorchester—and with it, four of the most extraordinary men ever to wear the uniform of the United States Army. They were no...

www.americanthinker.com

 

[Oddball]

WeThePeopleUSA on GETTR : THIS IS WHY WE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND NOT KNEEL DON’T FORGET THAT THIS MEMORIAL DAY 💔

THIS IS WHY WE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND NOT KNEEL DON’T FORGET THAT THIS MEMORIAL DAY 💔

gettr.com

 

[jwoodie]

Memorial Day is for those who died, not those who survived.

 

[Ava]

‘Greater Love Hath No Man’: The Four Chaplains and the True Meaning of Memorial Day

It was just after midnight on February 3, 1943, when the frigid black waters of the North Atlantic swallowed the USAT Dorchester—and with it, four of the most extraordinary men ever to wear the uniform of the United States Army. They were no...

www.americanthinker.com

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They did not die for their own kind. They died for mankind, so that others may live.

 

[Ava]

Memorial Day is for those who died, not those who survived.

The ultimate sacrifice.

 

[toobfreak]

It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

I would only take slight issue with that poem. I think it would be more apropos to say that while our founders gave us freedom of religion, press, speech, protest, fair trials, voting, and so forth, it is the soldier who DEFENDS it.

 

[rightwinger]

It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Great sentiment but not really truthful

No American soldier has defended our shores in over 200 years.
No nation has attempted or has had the capability of invading the U.S. and taking away our freedoms

Our soldiers died in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan thousands of miles from our shores.
But at no time was there a danger of those enemies attacking our country and taking away the rights we cherish

 

[Manonthestreet]