GOD BLESS AMERICA U-S-A
(T. Beechey)
It started in the Revolution and continued through the Civil War
In World War One,she was there to greet our boys back on the shore
In World War Two when we dropped the bomb,then onto Korea and Vietnam
Waving proudly for all to see --- our Stars And Stripes,our Old Glory
You see them flying on the poles and they mark every grave
For every soldier that perished for a country they fought to save
And those who seek to burn her never tasted the agony of war
They don't understand what she really does stand for:
She stands for freedom and for justice and the right to live in peace
She stands for unity among all nations and for future wars to cease
From the tip of Maine across fruited plains to Californ-i-a
We can all rejoice and say in one voice,"We love the U-S-A!"
It's just a simple story of honor,pride,and glory
And a bond of courage and trust to stand for the one who stood for us
A true image of democracy for generations through and through
Walking hand-in-hand across this great land --- God Bless the Red,White,and Blue
That flag,she's seen us through it all through those conflicts in the past
She stood tall with us in victory and mourned with us at half-mast
How could anyone ever take a flame and try to erase every name
Of every soldier that paved the way for us to live,as one,in the U-S-A
She stands for liberty and bravery and the rights of all mankind
The hopes and dreams of everyone and the time we all can find
That everyone,everywhere can stand and proudly say
"God Bless America,
"God Bless America,
"God Bless America,U-S-A"
A contest entry
- PATRIOT OF THE FREE WORLD CONTEST - #75 - Regardless of how we might feel about leaders and politics by Roaddog Wolf.
600 points, ended May 10, 2008, 10 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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thanks for entering and good luck
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I believe in
what I was taught our flag stood for, what it stands for to me, like you, is still important to me, it's too bad so many have turned it into a symbol of what is wrong with this country rather than what it should represent. If we change it's values with every political administration then maybe we could choose which to burn and which not to, but theres only one American flag, perhaps we should change the politics to fit what it represents.
Thanks for your entry and good luck in the contest.
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MISGUIDED
When real american patriots( ex P.o.w's) came back from
Korea and wanted to speak to the press. they were taken to the Sun valley forge mental Home and the American public who were denied access to them were told they had been"brain washed" because they said
that what the Americans were doing in Korea was wrong.It was the American public who were "Brain Washed and still are,about Iraq do you think God
blessed America when they roasted alive thousands of
children at Nagasaki and Hiroshima not to mention the
deformed mutant children still being born today
What the World needs is LOVE not flag waving hysterics
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