It's coming

I got up early yesterday on the Fourth and drove down to the Marine Corps Memorial as the sun was coming up.  The sky wasn't infused with colors as it sometimes is but the moon was still out and gave the valiant Marines and the Navy Corpsman something extraordinary to seem to be reaching for in their inspiring display of love, sacrifice and devotion for our country.

Our country is currently under dire threat from within, but it has faced prohibitive times before and prevailed, based upon the resilient American spirit exhibited so magnificently by these stalwart men permanently enshrined here.  The sun will break forth again following the dark night.

At Iwo Jima those seventy-three years ago, one of the most horrific battle in the annals of warfare, uncommon valor was a common virtue for these bold Americans.  Those young men, boys really, child-men, of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Marine Divisions never wavered in their commitment to our noble experiment nor shirked their duty to move forward inexorably despite the daunting odds stacked against them.

It might be hard to see now but a new dawn is coming.  Come November, you'll see, America will be great again.