ALL THE LITTLE FLAGS

This Memorial Day Week-end

will see the Boy Scouts,

Girl Scouts, and the veterans'

organizations

placing little flags on

each and every veteran's stone.

In Arlington, Grandfather sleeps;

In Pennsylvania, my father

has a mountain view;

My uncle rests in Maryland,

and these are just a few

of those who've served

their country; whole companies and

battalions of airmen, soldiers, sailors,

and Marines, who may have died alone;

each now at peace within his grave,

and we remember them

with our prayers

and with the little flags that wave.

© Christina 5-05

For Memorial Day/Ironton Memorial Cemetery, Ironton, OH

Patriotic Medley by Gary Wachtel