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I am posting this older article today both in memory and in honor of Allen Etheridge and Paul Harrison, two of my high school classmates (Crossett High School Class of 1963) who gave their lives in Vietnam. May God bless their families today. —– We stood side-by-side, my son and I, gazing at the small photograph on [...] Should we pay taxes to Caesar? A group of hostile religious leaders once posed this simple question to Jesus, intending to ensnare Him into a likewise simple answer of either "yes" or "no." Calling for a common silver coin, Jesus responded with a question of His own about that coin. "Whose likeness and inscription does it [...] A scrawny 12-year-old snaps to attention amid the shadows of my memory, right hand raised. "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country…." Noel Lovett and Bobby Jack Chambers, leaders of Troop 39, nod affirmation as another youngster under their tutelage embraces the Boy Scout Oath–and [...] War’s gruesome visage snarls from flickering screens with bone-chilling horror. And with each explosion, every flash, the cost of freedom visibly manifests itself through death and destruction–right before our eyes. Not many years ago I stood in poignant reflection as a mother decorated the grave of her son killed in battle at age 18. The ever-youthful [...] In the aftermath of September 11, nothing fuels national pride more than the innumerable public displays of the Stars and Stripes, affectionately known as "Old Glory." Though accounts of that name's origin indicate a blend of fact and legend, the story is inspiring. So with credit to the Nashville (Tenn.) Public Library and numerous Internet sources, [...] On February 23, 1945, photographer Joe Rosenthal snapped a picture that would become the world's most reproduced image. The object of his Pulitzer Prize winning effort? The American flag being raised over Iwo Jima. Why was it so important that the flag be visible on Mt. Suribachi? The flag was more than a patch of colored [...] |
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