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  1. My dad, God rest his soul, was a WWII veteran (82nd Airborne; he got to come home or I wouldn’t be sitting here typing this) who died suddenly of a heart attack on Memorial Day weekend when I was still a teenager. Dad was a lifelong Phillies fan who never got to see Tim McGraw’s father win Game 6 of the 1980 World Series to bring the Phillies their first “big one.” So this post is a trifecta for me. Many thanks.

    (Yeah, and I bet Dad welcomed Tug McGraw to God’s version of Veterans Stadium with great joy.)

  2. A lovely piece that will bring a tear to the eye of every patriotic American. It’s tragic, however, that a significant portion of our population would likely find any expression of patriotism, including this heartfelt song, to be laughable, fit for derision, and would see those touched by it as flyover country hicks clinging to God and guns and hating those who aren’t like them.

    God grant that there will always be enough American men and women willing to write a blank check for any amount up to and including their lives to protect freedom so that those who imagine themselves to be superior beings can live in luxury unimaginable to most of the rest of the world, while sneering at and scorning those who love their nation, God, who hate no one, and who appreciate and maintain the tools necessary to fight against those who would destroy freedom.

    On this Memorial Day, God bless all those who have served and who serve, and God bless America.

  3. If that song doesn’t make you want to hug a veteran and tell them how proud and grateful you are for his service, nothing will.

    And wonderful comments by everyone who commented before me.

  4. As Elmer Davis stated:
    “This will remain the land of the free only as long as it is the home of the brave.”
    These are the men and women who make all of our freedoms possible.

  5. I resisted watching this until now.

    Just reading the lyrics was hard enough.

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