A Forgotten Piety
Posted By: Imright, 5/24/2021 9:56:38 PM
That is the virtue of piety, honored in every human culture of which I am aware. When I was a boy, I had a powerful experience of this virtue every year, on Memorial Day. Early in the morning, a parade led by veterans in uniform would proceed up the hill to the Lutheran cemetery near our house. A group of us boys followed them, because we wanted to see and hear the rifles when they fired the 21-gun salute, to honor the men who had served their nation in war. Then, under the tall fir trees and among the gravestones and the smoke, a single veteran with a bugle
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Fail a Basic Mental Competency Test’ —
They Think Trump Won 34 replies
Fail a Basic Mental Competency Test’ —
They Think Trump Won 34 replies
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