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Veterans Day Prayer

Date: Nov. 14, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Veterans


VETERANS DAY PRAYER -- (Extensions of Remarks - November 14, 2007)

SPEECH OF HON. JOE WILSON OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007

* Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, as greatful Americans prepare for providing deserved tributes for our courageous veterans, I have fortunately been provided a profound poem from Clinton B. Campbell of Beauford, SC.

MY VETERAN'S DAY PRAYER

Lord, when the pull of my bed

lures me to stay another hour, please remind me of taps being played for the fallen,

of the tears that reach my cheek

after each name is read, the ones I know personally

and the ones old-timers

talk about in awe.

After the crowd stumbles

through The Pledge of Allegiance

I want to be there

and listen with all my heart

while the winner of this year's

essay contest quiets the crowd

reminding us of why

we are paying our respects.

When the closing prayer is read

I want to look around in honor

at my fellow vets,

the men and the women

in their timeworn uniforms.

Let me see them as they were,

splendidly marching forward

with the courage that allows us to

have a choice of whether

we come here today or not.


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