a forgotten war

So long ago, long ago

the long aged metal, crafted,

the green skin of the statue

in the nearby park,

the statute under the snow,

was a man in faraway lands,

living flesh of our nation’s best

frozen in time, that forgotten war,

fading from our memory

He had been sent into harm’s way

fighting in San Juan, in Manila,

forgotten fields of a little war

when his skin was supple

frozen in the park

here so we would remember

their sacrifice, our freedom

the fruit of that war

forgotten long ago

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edited/new November 12, 2014

A forgotten war

edited November 11, 2014

A Frozen Soldier – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-frozen-soldier-v3.html

edited May 25, 2014

A Frozen Soldier – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-frozen-soldier-v2.html

January 5, 2007 22:30

A Frozen Soldier

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/01/frozen-soldier.html

Bronstein Park, Manchester, NH

Spanish American War statue

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