[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 188 (Thursday, November 16, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                           OUR PILGRIMS PRIDE

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 16, 2017

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a poem, on behalf 
of Albert Carey Caswell, to honor the men and women of the Armed Forces 
and their families on this Thanksgiving holiday.

                           Our Pilgrims Pride

     Our Pilgrims pride
     In this Thanksgiving time
     All across our country side
     As our Nation takes the time
     To so look deep down inside
     And reflect and give thanks for this year gone by
     As we thank our Lord God on high
     And the men and women of
     The Armed Forces and their families who fight and die
     For all our freedoms to provide
     Holding our families to our sides
     We give thanks for all our lives
     And the freedom and peace upon which our Nation relies
     As a great feast of thanks is prepared by our loved ones upon 
           which to dine
     While, the fire places proving such warmth inside
     As all across our Nation out at football games we cry
     As we give thanks as we reflect back at the Pilgrim's pride
     Who for their blessings so took the time
     But, some families on this holiday will never be close
     With one less seat at the dinner table to host
     Who over the years have lost their precious loved ones who 
           meant the most
     Who fought on battlefields of honor from coast to coast
     While, others sit around the dinner table without arms and 
           legs and eyes
     All because of that magnificence which burns deep down inside
     While, thousands of miles away,
     heroes are separated from their loved ones in harms way
     Whose mommies and daddies can't be home today
     For all of us,
     to them and their families we give thanks this day
     All so the price of freedom can be paid
     So this Thanksgiving hold your family close
     And remember what means the most
     And give thanks to all of those
     The Magnificent men and women and families of The Armed 
           Forces defend us so
     On this day our Pilgrim's Pride of thanks we give all of 
           those

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