John Philpot Curran
By Alan Sexton
Fasten your seatbelts, folks, I’m on a tare.
The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance. While the title I have chosen represents only one among many and differently attributed variations of this wise observation, accurate phrasing and attribution are of less importance when compared to the urgency and importance each one of us must place upon understanding–and embodying–the unchanging among variations message. Continue reading
“Under one such marker lies a young man–Martin Treptow–who left his job in a small town barbershop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. There, on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire.
We are told that on his body was found a diary. On the flyleaf under the heading, ‘My Pledge,’ he had written these words: ‘America must win this war. Therefore, I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure, I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.’
The crisis we are facing today does not require of us the kind of sacrifice that Martin Treptow and so many thousands of others were called upon to make. It does require, however, our best effort, and our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds; to believe that together, with God’s help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us.
And, after all, why shouldn’t we believe that? We are Americans. God bless you, and thank you.”
~President Ronald Reagan, excerpt from his First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981 Continue reading
As we reflect on September 11, 2001, may we remain mindful that we each are called to be advocates for peace. There is a time for everything, and may the time for peace be at hand.
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Alan Sexton/Green Mountain Scribes
For the many among us who remember Ronald Reagan, likely we also fondly recall his incredible wit and sense of humor among his many endearing qualities.
Without further ado, here is a compilation which captures some among his many “finest moments”. Enjoy… Continue reading
By Alan Sexton/Green Mountain Scribes
Most among us likely agree that America currently faces tremendous challenges, many of which are particularly disconcerting because these are without precedent. Sadly, most of these perils and the subsequent suffering are caused by increasingly intrusive centralized government. Continue reading
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
