ARLINGTON'S SACRED GROUND

In Arlington, Grandfather rests

Grandmother by his side

Rows and rows of crosses

Guard the veteran and his bride.

He died long before she did.

She would have 20 years to go

before she joined the husband

she had married long ago.

He had fought somewhere in France

In what became the first World War;

never dreaming when he slept

that time would bring even more.

His daughter married a soldier

who then became my dad

He fought in the Second War

the World had ever had.

I loved and married an airman

the father of my son;

but the Airman went to Vietnam

and left me all alone.

My son then joined the Army,

and two nephews and a niece

Have followed in their footsteps-

standing guard for Peace

Our family is serving, and

has served the World around ~

You can be sure we understand

what is meant by Sacred Ground.

©Copyright November 1997 by Christina/Updated 11/05

Henry A. Moore, WW-I

For Henry A. Moore, Robert H. Phillips, Sr., Michael T. Ream,

Dustin H. Haskell, Jesse J. Haskell, Shannon M. Haskell

Awarded 15 November 2005