October 25th

[RangerX]

This day is called the Feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day and comes safe home
Will stand a-tiptoe when this day is named
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall see this day and live t' old age
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours
And say, "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian."
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars
And say, "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words —
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester —
Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.
This story shall the good man teach his son,
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered,
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition.
And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day.

[Jim]

Superior firepower and strong leadership at work.

[Ranger Ron]

Thanks for posting this my Brother. My favorite.

[Bravo57]

Well said

[IEDmagnet]

Chilling every time I read it.

[RangerX]

I posted this for a couple reasons. 1st is, of course, I love the speech. It reminds me of my bond with brothers, some I have never even met.

But also because, as a few have noted recently, there seems to be a lot of forgetting in this country. Has there ever been a time when a citizenry has been so detached from the fact that a nation is still at war?

[Lefty]

Has there ever been a time when a citizenry has been so detached from the fact that a nation is still at war?

Yes, forty-odd years ago when the military was generally regarded as something beneath the grade of lepers......

[cams]

I posted this for a couple reasons. 1st is, of course, I love the speech. It reminds me of my bond with brothers, some I have never even met.

But also because, as a few have noted recently, there seems to be a lot of forgetting in this country. Has there ever been a time when a citizenry has been so detached from the fact that a nation is still at war?

Great post X.

This question reminds me of a quote I saw somewhere around here ages ago, somthing like this, "America is not at war. The US military is at war, America is at the fucking mall."