The sun came up that morning
As it always does
To alarm clocks ringing
And families stumbling to start another day.
Breakfast table talks
What would the day involve?
School, work and household chores
One last bite of toast
One last sip of juice or coffee
None of us knew
That before the day was half over
That our nation's heart would be broken.
That such evil was so close.
This page is in memory of all those that lost their lives
in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
May God grant peace and comfort to those who lost
Loved ones, friends and co workers on this tragic day
Two thousand one, nine eleven
Three thousand plus arrive in heaven
As they pass through the gate,
Thousands more appear in wait
A bearded man with stovepipe hat
Steps forward saying, "Lets sit, lets chat"
They settle down in seats of clouds
A man named Martin shouts out proud
"I have a dream!" and once he did
The Newcomer said, "Your dream still lives."
Groups of soldiers in blue and gray
Others in khaki, and green then say
"We're from Bull Run, Yorktown, the Maine"
The Newcomer said, "You died not in vain."
>From a man on sticks one could hear
"The only thing we have to fear.
The Newcomer said, "We know the rest,
trust us sir, we've passed that test."
"Courage doesn't hide in caves
You can't bury freedom, in a grave,"
The Newcomers had heard this voice before
A distinct Yankees twang from Hyannisport shores
A silence fell within the mist
Somehow the Newcomer knew that this
Meant time had come for her to say
What was in the hearts of the five thousand plus
that day
"Back on Earth, we wrote reports,
Watched our children play in sports
Worked our gardens, sang our songs
Went to church and clipped coupons
We smiled, we laughed, we cried, we fought
Unlike you, great we're not"
The tall man in the stovepipe hat
Stood and said, "Don't talk like that!
Look at your country, look and see
You died for freedom, just like me"
Then, before them all appeared a scene
Of rubbled streets and twisted beams
Death, destruction, smoke and dust
And people working just 'cause they must
Hauling ash, lifting stones,
Knee deep in hell, but not alone
"Look! Blackman, Whiteman, Brownman, Yellowman
Side by side helping their fellow man!"
So said Martin, as he watched the scene
"Even from nightmares, can be born a dream."
Down below three firemen raised
The colors high into ashen haze
The soldiers above had seen it before
On Iwo Jima back in '44
The man on sticks studied everything closely
Then shared his perceptions on what he saw mostly
"I see pain, I see tears,
I see sorrow-but I don't see fear."
"You left behind husbands and wives
Daughters and sons and so many lives
are suffering now because of this wrong
But look very closely. You're not really gone.
All of those people, even those who've never met you
All of their lives, they'll never forget you
Don't you see what has happened?
Don't you see what you've done?
You've brought them together, together as one.
With that the man in the stovepipe hat said
"Take my hand," and from there he led
three thousand plus heroes, Newcomers to heaven
On this day, two thousand one, nine eleven
Author UNKNOWN
We Stand Together As One
My emotions are running wild
I'm crying inside day and night
An evil force invaded our country
Clouds have covered the sunlight
Our freedom has been invaded
Like a stone wall we won't fall
All of our countries people
Will answer freedom call
Satan's armies we will face
And drive all of them away
The American lives they took
For each of them they will pay
In our land of brave and free
We will stand together as one
Attempts to take our freedom away
An invaders chances are none
As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton's teachers
explained the words and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class.
Skelton later wrote down, and eventually recorded his recollection of this lecture.
It is followed by an observation of his own.
I -- Me; an individual: a committee of one.
Pledge -- Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
Allegiance -- My love and my devotion.
To the Flag -- Our standard; Old Glory;
a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect,
because your loyalty has given her dignity that shouts,
Freedom is everybody's job.
United -- That means that we have all come together.
States -- Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states.
Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose.
All divided with imaginary boundaries,
yet united to a common purpose,
and that is love for country.
And to the Republic -- Republic -- a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives
chosen by the people to govern.
And government is the people;
and it's from the people to the leaders,
not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands
One Nation -- One Nation -- meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible -- Incapable of being divided.
With Liberty -- Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life,
without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice -- The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.
For All -- For All -- which means, boy and girls,
it's as much your country as it is mine.
And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Since I was a boy, two states have been added to our country,
and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance:
Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer,
and that would be eliminated from schools, too?
September 11, 2001
A day I will never forget.
Everyone that died at The World Trade Center... Everyone that died at The Pentagon...
Everyone on the planes that crashed... They all will remain in my heart.
