my salute

Freedom is not free, it has a large cost

Paid for by lives forever changed or lost

Men and women have been sent over seas

To fight for ideals our country believes

We called on them to battle in our wars

They sacrificed their lives on border

Sometimes they were asked to help kept the peace

Other times to help make violence cease

Some of them never did make it back home

Their exact fates do still remain unknown

They did it all for little praise or pay

But they are all remembered on this day

Although a lot of good food will be ate

It is their service that makes this day great

All who protected the safron white and green

This is my salute in honor of you