Posted on 05/25/2019 10:26:04 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Our readers are finding this photo at Fort Snelling National Cemetery worth sharing again, eight years after columnist Jon Tevlin wrote about it.
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That is really a beautiful picture.
Thanks very appropriate for this weekend!
Just got back from visiting with my folks at Fort Snelling.
America’s Bird over America’s fallen.
The strength and backbone of our country right there.....
wow!!!
One of the great pictures of all time.
Thanks for posting.
You’re welcome.
I also posted the original thread here in 2011.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Wow Not much brings a tear to me eyes anymore but that sure did.
Bump!
I wrote the following poem for this picture:
The Eagle’s Watch
In a quiet river valley
Lies a green and peaceful place,
Where warriors come to rest,
Having honorably met their fates.
No more do they stand the watch,
Their worthy service done,
They’ve passed their duties on
To other Fathers’ sons.
Yet flying high above them,
On silent wings spread wide,
Soars freedom’s embodiment
And a country’s sign of pride.
The mighty Eagle watches o’er all,
And guards their well-earned rests.
For he like they, knows the feel,
Of Freedom in his chest.
And though he does his best to guard
The fallen warriors’ sleep,
Still at times he grows so weary,
And must rest his wings a-beat.
So slowly he glides his way,
To where the fallen rest.
And there he bides his time a bit,
Among the honored Vets.
And though he knows no words,
Of the valiant warriors’ speech.
Still they communicate,
In a way that words can’t reach.
Having communed with those who lie,
Among the rows of stone.
The Eagle takes to flight again,
And resumes his post alone.
In endless soaring circles,
He surely makes his rounds.
Guarding the fallen heroes,
Who make this hollowed ground.
Copyright © 2011 by Jack Cook
That’s beautiful!
MAGNIFICENT. That word was created for this very reason.
It looks photoshopped. But still a nice picture
Can I spread this over the internet? Leaving your copyright declaration & name, of course.
It’s not.
I see no reason not.
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