Support Our Troops Rally April 12, 2003

Rally at Pierce Park, Chelsea, MI - April 12, 2003
VVA Motto: Never again shall a Vet coming home from battle be made to feel alone and unappreciated.

Song
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In Case You Were Wondering
" It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press.

- It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.

- It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.

- It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and
whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."

Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC

I pledge allegiance
to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic
for which it stands,
one Nation under God,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Ben Franklin

The battle, sir,
is not to the strong alone;
It is to the vigilant,
the active,
the brave.

Patrick Henry

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility, I welcome it.

John F. Kennedy

Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

The world is getting a clearer view of the Iraqi regime and the evil at its heart. In the ranks of that regime are men whose idea of courage is to brutalize unarmed prisoners. They wage attacks while posing as civilians. They use real civilians as human shields. They pretend to surrender, then fire upon those who show them mercy. This band of war criminals has been put on notice, the day of Iraq's liberation will also be a day of justice.

George W. Bush

Speak softly
and carry a big stick.

Theodore Roosevelt

My language has always been that of liberty and humanity, and I know by experience that nothing so exalts a nation as the union of these two principles, under all circumstances.

Thomas Paine

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History of the Pledge of Allegiance

Francis Bellamy, the author of these words, was an ordained minister, magazine writer, and Freemason who stated that his aim was to say "what our republic meant and what was the underlying spirit of its life." Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892 as part of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus. It was embraced by the nation and almost immediately became a part of the school-day ritual. Bellamy's original text has been altered twice. In 1923, the words "the flag of the United States of America" were substituted for the words "my flag". Congress officially recognized the Pledge in 1942 and added the words "under God" in 1954.