WHAT PRICE WE PAY

FOR FREEDOM

LOST LIVES

KEEP DREAMS

ALIVE

WITH EACH TEAR

CRIED FOR

LIVES NOW GONE


STRENGTHENS

AMERICAS PRIDE


LIVES MAY BE

TAKEN FROM US

YET THOUSANDS

TAKE THEIR PLACE

WE MAY FEEL

EMPTY OR WEARY

YET VENTURE FORWARD

WITH

GOD'S GRACE

OUR NATION

EVER STRONGER

FREEDOMS

HERE TO STAY

WITH TEARS

AND BLOOD

AND SACRIFICE

ITS THE PRICE

WE ARE WILLING

TO PAY

FREEDOM IS NOT

FREE

MY FRIEND

LIFT UP

YOUR HAND

TO HEART

AND PLEDGE

YOUR SPIRIT

TO FREEDOM

UNITED

FROM THE START

DON'T LET

YOUR SPIRITS WAVER

THE PRICE

IS STEEP YOU SEE

THIS IS

THE COST OF FREEDOM

BECAUSE

FREEDOM ISN'T FREE


PAM GALLO
COPYRIGHT SEPT. 2001

Used with Permission

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 organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.


-- Author: - Father Dennis Edward O'Brian, USMC

God Bless The USA

Lee Greenwood
 

If tomorrow all the things were gone
I'd worked for all my life,
And I had to start again
with just my children and my wife.
I'd thank my lucky stars
to be living' here today,
'cause the flag still stands for freedom
and they can't take that away.

And I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today.
'cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the USA.

From the lakes of Minnesota,
to the hills of Tennessee,
Across the plains of Texas,
from sea to shining sea,
From Detroit down to Houston
and New York to LA
there's pride in every American heart,
And it's time to stand and say that

And I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today.
'cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the USA.

And I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today.
'cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the USA.

"I pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice for all."