ran 4.9 milesOn this day in history, Marine photographer Louis Lowery captured the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of five Marines and one Navy Corpsman lifting the American flag atop Iwo Jima at the crest of Mount Suribachi. This image lives on as the most reproduced photograph in history.
When I look at that photograph it stirs an immense sense of pride in America and immeasurable gratitude for the sacrifices our military men and women have made and continue to make. It reminds me of how petty my own grievances are and how often I neglect to appreciate every freedom I have as an American.
When I look at that picture I do not think of Senators fleeing from their states to hide from the law making process that defines America, which so many countless numbers of men and women have fought and died for. I don’t think of a president who condemns the Arizona tragedy one month and then the very next month encourages union protestors to “Get in the face of" anyone who opposes them. When I look at that picture I don’t think of ungracious, selfish politicians who make their own rules when the fabric of democracy goes against their grain.
If the brave men in that epic photograph had fought cowardly as the Democrats from Wisconsin are now America would have ceased to be what our forefather’s intended long ago.
1,583.3 miles to go.
When I look at that photograph it stirs an immense sense of pride in America and immeasurable gratitude for the sacrifices our military men and women have made and continue to make. It reminds me of how petty my own grievances are and how often I neglect to appreciate every freedom I have as an American.
When I look at that picture I do not think of Senators fleeing from their states to hide from the law making process that defines America, which so many countless numbers of men and women have fought and died for. I don’t think of a president who condemns the Arizona tragedy one month and then the very next month encourages union protestors to “Get in the face of" anyone who opposes them. When I look at that picture I don’t think of ungracious, selfish politicians who make their own rules when the fabric of democracy goes against their grain.
If the brave men in that epic photograph had fought cowardly as the Democrats from Wisconsin are now America would have ceased to be what our forefather’s intended long ago.
1,583.3 miles to go.
