Stephen England | July 3, 2011
This year the Fourth of July has gotten me thinking. About heroism. Heroes. I’m not talking about the “super-heroes” of Hollywood, although they have done much to cheapen our image of what a hero really is. As a kid, I know what I thought a hero looked like. John Wayne, the tough soldier that [...]
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Stephen England | May 29, 2011
Dedicated to Sgt. Raymond Russo, USAAC, (ret.) and all who have sacrificed for our freedom. I was in the town park late one night, Near the Fourth of July, And I saw an aged veteran, And the people passing by. He sat all alone in the darkness, His body worn by the years, [...]
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