Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC - Poem - California, MO
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First a poem, then used by the author in a speech delivered to the First Marine Division Association, in Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKT45
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2014
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County of quote: Moniteau County
Location of quote: Veterans Memorial, courthouse lawn, California
Date memorial erected: November 11, 2004
Quote as on the memorial:
It is the soldier,
not the President,
who gives us democracy.
It is the soldier,
not the Congress,
who takes care of us.
It is the soldier,
not the reporter,
who has given us Freedom of Press.
It is the soldier,
not the poet,
who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the soldier,
not the campus organizer,
who has given 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
that allows the protester to burn the flag.
By Father Dennis O'Brien, Chaplain
United States Marines