Memorial Day Ponderings

It is a day we pause to think
about a chain formed link by link
that binds us to the liberties
that God desires for all.

It is a day for looking back
at how the mourners dreaded black
maintains the colors that we love...
the red, the white and blue.

In cemeteries far and near
small flags at grave sites make it clear
that freedom's price was freely paid
by those who spent their lives.

And so on this Memorial Day
we place a wreath and humbly pray
that these who died courageously
will not have died in vain.

--Copyright 2006 by Greg Asimakoupoulos, Mercer Island, WA.

--Another Pastor/Poet poem: "Don't Forget to Remember Memorial Day"

--Featuring: "Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs"

Also featuring: "Going to the Gone" - another outstanding poem by Pastor/Poet Greg

For more: See The Partial Observer
See also Peggie's Place - The Poetry and Writings of Greg Asimakoupoulos.

Memorial Day devotionals by Peggie C. Bohanon at Peggie's Place:

Remember Me - A Memorial Day devotional

Memories...Digging Deep!

Life and the Backyard Picnic . . . Picnic on the Grounds!

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Patriotic links to enjoy!

"The World Mourns and Remembers Its Dead

"Remembering Those Who Have Died at Home and Abroad"

The Boys of Iwo Jima
"Now I Know: A War Orphan's Journey"

Home of Heroes

The Four Immortal Chaplains
The Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell - Phoenix Art Museum

"Remembering Those Who Have Died at Home and Abroad"

Remembering those who have served our country with honor and pride--our heroes--past, present and future!

The War & the Word: God's Peace in the Storm ... Peggie's Place Resource Pages