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"I claim the glory of Agincourt, Trafalgar and the...
........and I accept the shame of Dunkirk and Singapore. I will not share my birthright with aliens. England is our land and our land must be ours. Shame and glory make a nation: shame is the punishment for failing to honour the covenant with our past, with what it means to be English; glory is a reminder of what can be achieved when the nation knows itself and her people are unafraid to be themselves, to revel in their national being. Shame and glory, good and evil, light and dark are some of the eternal truths with which we must live. They are the challenges that shape us and mould us. But a nation that denies its history, its language, culture, folkways; that mocks its heroes and heroines will be brought low and made easy meat for those who have no love for England."
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Today, Sunday 25 October 2020, is SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY, a time when all of us true "Band of Brothers" can celebrate that we are still alive after serving in a far off, distant, controversial, and unpopular foreign war in the old Republic of Viet Nam, for our own beloved United States of America!
ReplyDelete(i.e., being a "STAR WARS" movie fan, I love telling folks I was fighting for "the old Republic"!)
And PITY those cowardly slacker girly-men who refused to answer the call, but somehow found ways to avoid military service during that time of crisis.
Just imagine the self-torture of their conscience, especially if their sons should ever question them about it.
"We few, we happy few, we Band of Brothers!"
Thanks.
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