IT WAS THE SOLDIER

not the report, who gave us freedom of the press.

IT WAS THE SOLDIER
not the poet, who gave us freedom of speech.

IT WAS THE SOLDIER
not the campus organizer, who gave us freedom to demonstrate.

IT IS THE SOLDIER
who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is drapped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Freedom Isn't Free
If Not Me, Then Who?