@BAndrewsJWilson@JWilsonWarTorn@LexicalForge Tier One series is peak military thriller storytelling. I hope we get more. Actually, I like everything you guys write, now that I think of it.
Traces of Texas reader Jessica Hyde graciously sent in this nifty photo of a pretty important historical marker. The text is self-explanatory. "Come and take it." Indeed. It gives me goosebumps just to read it and know the importance of the words.
Thank you, Jessica!
Have you ever listened to President Reagan’s Farewell Address? He delivered it on January 11, 1989. It is around 20 minutes long and well worth the investment. You may find it acutely prophetic considering the events of the past three decades. From President Reagan’s Farewell Address:
“‘We the People’ tell the government what to do; it doesn’t tell us.”
“Our constitution is a document in which ‘We the People’ tell the government what it is allowed to do. ‘We the People’ are free.”
“As government expands, liberty contracts.”
“Thoughtfulness and knowledge.”
“Informed patriotism.”
“America is freedom.”
“Freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs protection.”
“We’ve got to teach history based not on what’s in fashion but what’s important.”
“We will never forget what the boys of Normandy did.”
“I’m warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit.”
“All great change in America begins at the dinner table. So, tomorrow night in the kitchen, I hope the talking begins. And children, if your parents haven’t been teaching you what it means to be an American, let ‘em know, and nail ‘em on it. That would be a very American thing to do.”