[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                           HONOR OUR VETERANS

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 4, 2015

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Men and Women of 
The Armed Forces. We give thanks to them and their families, who live 
and die and carry the burdens of war for all that we hold dear. Bless 
them. I submit this poem penned in their honor by Albert Carey Caswell.

      Honor our Veteran's
      One day is not enough.
      Somehow one day of the year does not seem just.
      Honor our Veteran's each day of the year
      For they fight and die for all of us here
      For all of those freedom's that we hold dear
      Honor our Veteran's not one,
      but every day of the year
      For they are ones,
      who must live with all of those tears
      For all of their Brothers and Sisters In Arms they have lost 
           here.
      And who awake in the night with all of those nightmares.
      Whose families who must now live in fear
      Not knowing whose going,
      or ever coming back here
      Honor our Veteran's every day of the year.
      For those are ones,
      who must lay in hospital beds when its all said and done
      With all of their families holding their daughters and sons.
      And their Husbands and Wives.
      The Greatest Loves of their lives.
      So all in tears.
      Teaching Us.
      Beseeching Us.
      All about honor and duty,
      and courage so clear.
      Who against all odds now cling to life here.
      The ones who have died.
      Who live without arms and legs as they try.
      With scars on their faces
      And all places
      Living in darkness losing their sight.
      Carried with them for the rest of their lives.
      Some how it does not seem right.
      That we only take one day to make honor of them who fight 
           the fight.
      America's most magnificent of all lights.
      Who give the greatest gifts of sacrifice.
      Honor our Veteran's every day and night
      I bid you to please
      To fall to your knee's
      And say a prayer of thanks for all of these
      Buy them a drink.
      Buy them a meal.
      Put your arm around them and let them know how you feel.
      Go up to them and their families,
      and tell them how much they mean.
      Because all that they ask.
      Are these two words from yours lips to so pass.
      Thank you.
      Yea, one day not enough.
      For all of our freedoms of which they bought.
      One day just somehow does not seem just.
      For all that they've taught.
      Honor our Veteran's every day of the year.
      Say a prayer of thanks,
      and for them and their families shed a tear.
      Honor our Veteran's every day of the year.

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