America, Why I Love Her

 America, Why I Love Her

  By John Wayne You ask me why I love her, well, give me time, I’ll explain. Have you seen a Kansas Sunset, or an Arizona rain? Have you drifted on a buoy down Louisiana way? Have you watched the cold fog drifting over San Francisco Bay? Have you heard a Bob White...
I Am Your Flag

I Am Your Flag

I am your Flag I was born on June 14th, 1777. I am more than just cloth shaped into design. I am the refuge of the World’s oppressed people. I am the silent sentinel of Freedom. I am the emblem of the greatest sovereign nation on earth. I am the inspiration for...
The Hyphen

The Hyphen

John Mitchum and Howard Barnes Recited by John Wayne The Hyphen, Webster’s Dictionary defines, Is a symbol used to divide a  compound word or a single word.  So it seems to me that when a man calls himself an “Afro-American,” a “Mexican-American,” “Italian-American,”...
The Approach of Danger

The Approach of Danger

                                                                             by  Abraham Lincoln   This government must be preserved, in spite of the acts of any man or set of men.  No where in the world is there presented a government of so much liberty and...
The Crisis

The Crisis

December 23, 1776 THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like...
Why Are You Marching Son

Why Are You Marching Son

By:  John Wayne Why are you marching son?  I’d really like to know.  Because of Valley Forge, or perhaps the Alamo? Or one if by land, two if by sea?  A trumpet’s call, the will to be free? What of a man who stood straight and tall, who wept silent tears when he saw...