"There they now stood, side by side...with arms in their hands, silent and fearless, willing to shed their blood for their rights...John Parker, the strongest and best wrestler in Lexington, had promised never to run from the British troops; and he kept his vow. A wound brought him on his knees. Having discharged his gun, he was preparing to load it again, when he was stabbed by a bayonet, and lay on the post which he took at the morning's drumbeat..."--Historian George Bancroft, founder of the Naval Academy, on the Battle of Lexington Green, where 70-some Minute Men faced 700 British Regulars, Apr. 19, 1775.
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| The Journey Home |
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| "you guys are my world.” |
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| Meet Your Son |
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| One More Night |
Fallen U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. James Cathey and his wife Katherine with their unborn son.
Their story through Todd Heisler's Pulitzer photographs is told here.
And now "the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans" again. These are the New Centurions, the giants who make our Age possible.
Thank you, Lt. Cathey and Mrs. Cathey. Thank you, our patriots, our brothers and our sisters, on behalf of a grateful nation...and a grateful me.
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| "strewing with flowers..." |
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