Over my last few years on the air approaching Memorial Day Weekend, I recited the following poem in honor and in memory of the brave men and women of the Military who have laid down their lives that we may live ours.
That poem, “The Inscription”, was sent to me by a listener, Paul Reside. Paul’s Grandmother, Annabelle Gunnett Jones, penned it around 1932. The poem was picked up and published in the the Perry County, Ohio newspaper for a number of years on “Decoration Day”, or as we know it today - “Memorial Day”.
Annabelle was inspired to write the poem by her husband, a World War I Veteran, as a tribute to the Unknown Soldier.
I hope you will share “The Inscription” with your family and friends. In these turbulent times, it is imperative that we never forget the sacrifice our men and women in uniform have made, and continue to make today, so that we may live in freedom.
Just click on the underlined link below to hear me reading the words written so long ago… that still resonate today.
“The Inscription” by Annabelle Gunnett Jones
I hope you are enjoying a safe and happy Memorial Day Weekend. God Bless America!
-Dick
P.S. Here are two songs that I find appropriate to play today…