Gratitude and Praise ~ Veterans Day 2024
Heartfelt be the sacrifices,
the held vision,
the victory over oppression.
This be known...
And they who for country and freedom assail
We with gratitude and praise in glory hail
Life and freedom, endowments divine, visioned they be
The call for valor and justice, this from sea to sea.
We with gratitude and praise in glory hail
Life and freedom, endowments divine, visioned they be
The call for valor and justice, this from sea to sea.
The gifts of LIFE with vision blessed and bold
This the giving within each Veteran's story told
Loyalty, dedication, ascending care be they known
This in valor by our sons and daughters shown
This the giving within each Veteran's story told
Loyalty, dedication, ascending care be they known
This in valor by our sons and daughters shown
Courage to hold to freedom's call and light
In perseverance the challenge be it day or night
Fortitude, strength, imbued with heart's noble call
Sacrifices of body, limb, in this a growing toll
In perseverance the challenge be it day or night
Fortitude, strength, imbued with heart's noble call
Sacrifices of body, limb, in this a growing toll
And when returned to home's welcomed shore and land
Let us in caring response put viable support in command
It is resolve that humanity calls to be known
Within the grasps of faith, love and TRUTH be shown
Let us in caring response put viable support in command
It is resolve that humanity calls to be known
Within the grasps of faith, love and TRUTH be shown
The dream yet dreamed shall yet unfold
And PEACE to be the story blessedly told
This gift of knowing to mark each rising way
We in tribute with gratitude and praise this Veterans Day.
And PEACE to be the story blessedly told
This gift of knowing to mark each rising way
We in tribute with gratitude and praise this Veterans Day.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
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