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The 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month: Armistice Day aka Veterans’ Day

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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetary

Have you ever had the patience, alas
to count to 101,079?
Or to walk the salt-resistant grass
and touch the headstones in each long line?

To think of each warrior buried there
knowing their lives have been split in two
half for their carefree heroic youth
and half for the freedom of me and you?

If so, you couldn’t have stemmed the flood
of tears that surely blurred your eyes
as the spirit dips His brush in blood
to paint Old Glory in the skies
R. T. Sedgwick

[Image of Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetary and poem found here.]

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, 11 November 2015 at 12:05 AM and is filed under History, Holidays. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “The 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month: Armistice Day aka Veterans’ Day”

  1. Wandering Neurons Says:
    Wednesday, 11 November 2015 at 6:56 PM | Reply

    Beautiful poem and photograph on such an auspicious day

  2. Bunk Strutts Says:
    Thursday, 12 November 2015 at 9:58 PM | Reply

    WN– Although I asked, I never got a response from the author, so I posted it with credit. It moved me.

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