All we have of freedom, all we use or know -—
This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.

~ Rudyard Kipling, “The Old Issue.”

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

~Thomas Dunn English, “The Battle of Monmouth“

This was sent to me in an e-mail, and I have seen it popping up in blogs and on Facebook:

The 3rd Grade class of Tussing Elementary School in Colonial Heights, Virginia.did an original song giving tribute to those in the military. The song is called “Thank You Soldiers!”