Fran Porretto: For Memorial Day

I can’t write about politics today. It’s too important an occasion.

They came from cities, towns, villages, and family farms that spanned the continent. They came because they were called – because they heard the call, felt it in the marrow of their bones, and knew that they could not refuse it.

They arrived at their training sites unready, young men accustomed to the labors of peace. They would be ready when it was time for them to embark. Hard men who knew the trials they would face made sure of it.

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John Kummer
10 years ago

Beautiful. BRAVO ZULU, Fran!