This is one of my favourite photos from our 2008 trip to the US. (Please ignore the date on the bottom of the photo....it's wrong! It was Sept 2008.)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 the freedom to demonstrate;
It is the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial;
It is the soldier who salutes the flag,
serves under the flag and whose coffin is
draped by the flag,
who gives the protester the right to burn the flag.
Powerful words, so true.
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