Who are these men,
of whom we know and venerate,
these men,
who we place above reproach,
we know their names,
from what they did,
from how they led,
these men of history,
whose names live,
again and again,
whose deeds are retold,
and never get old
These men of leisure,
who would bow,
to no king,
declared independence,
and fought instead,
men of high value,
took a fledgling colonization,
to a new world nation
They framed a constitution,
hung it straight,
at level eye sight,
for all to study and agree,
a conglomeration of peoples,
whose faces change,
yet,
names remain the same,
these are the men,
of whom,
we know and venerate
They are the men,
who had no fear,
who laid down their lives,
for a nation to survive,
these names,
harbor no mystery,
these are the men,
of American history
Mac
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Written January 31st, 2005
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Very good. Have you per chance had a look at the people behind or closely associated with these ones. For example, the support that Abraham Lincoln had from his wife Mary Todd (I think) and Daniel Boone from his father Squire Boone. I often think that these men would not have been so great if these ones were not their support and backbone. Take care, Heather -
Yay! Go America!
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original and concrete and straight-forward.. i like.
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