4th of Julily - Part II (Actually its the 3rd)

The Ten Tenors are a group of former opera students from Australia who have recorded with brilliance the classic military tribute, Here’s to the Heroes. It is a daunting song whose lyrics and music conjure up the visions and dreams of war torn soldiers whose blood, sweat, and tears have fertilized the ground of our democracy. The tympanis and violins meld with the voices to produce the portrait of a 19 year old boy, whose gun is strewn across his chest, his boots are well worn with the enemy’s dirt, his fatigues are ravaged and stained with his brother’s blood, and his eyes reveal stories his mouth will never speak.

Here's to the heroes,
Those few who dare,
Heading for glory,
Living a prayer.
Here's to the heroes
Who change our lives.
Thanks to the heroes,
Freedom survives.

Unfortunately our military and wars have too often become little more than political operatives and campaign buzz-words to further a politician’s agenda. How we have forgotten that within the gear and combat boots is a young man or young woman who has sworn allegiance to the dream that is America. Some live and some die. Some are wounded all will carry scars. Here’s to the Heroes who dare to live in the gap between freedom and tyranny. Whose very lives are the living wall that borders our constitution.