From Boise…
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To Baghdad.
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At Arlington…
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And in Afghanistan.
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A head is bowed…
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A hand reaches out…
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And a heart remembers.
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The rows spread out.
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Seeming almost to span the country.
Be they in Santa Monica (above), or Sacramento.
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Other symbols remind us of what was given…
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By those who know that a salute…
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Is a salute…
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Is a salute…
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Our debt to them is immeasureable.
As it is to those who are forced to survive the loss of a loved one.
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An ache even a teddy bear can’t always fix.
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