I ran into this beautiful lady's letter and wanted to share it with
you, vpmm of cpl morales
We stood proud in Brooksville today! March 19, 2008.
Today I kept the peace - I wanted to say stuff - but I promised Dee
Mills Gold Star mom that I would stand Silent to honour our troops.
Code pink and the rest of the Crazies hit our little town of
Brooksville today. A few of us moms stood out there with our Support
the Troops banners. We were not protesting them; we were not
supporting the war, or protesting against it. We were there, with our
heads held proud as mothers of United States of America Service Men
and Women. We prayed in the parking lot for guidance. I did not go as
a Blue Star Representative. I left that shirt at home. I did wear my
Army Mom T-Shirt, and my sons "corpsman Doc hat from the Marines" and
another pin that said my son is in the Navy. I handed out Army Strong
pins to anyone in the group that had an Army member. We marched
forward. Just a little band of us mums, against the hate mongers! We
were happy to see the Tampa Marine Moms join us.
The protesters said they were there for Peace. What a joke! I thought
these were supposed to be Peace people. I was called every name you
can think of today, by those so called Peace people. They did
everything they could possibly do to antagonize us, and get us
fighting, they yelled in our faces, screamed obscenities and called us
names. We sung God Bless America and the National Anthem. I can't
carry a tune in a bucket, so I hope I hurt their ears. Our police were
wonderful. Our Marine Gold Star Mom Dee Mills was not taking any lip
from anyone, and she was attacked verbally again and again. She was
out there as our leader and we are darn proud of her. Our police came
to our rescue when we were being constantly harassed. We were
peaceful, but they were militant. I have never seen such hateful
people in my life. There was nothing peaceful about this bunch. They
were truly disgusting. I was honoured today to stand beside a bunch of
mothers who had children serve, who are serving, or who had children
die, to support freedom in America and the world. God bless each and
every one of them. They stood proud in Brooksville, Florida today.
("When the Eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber." - Winston
Churchill