
The Legacy of Heroes
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Today we celebrate our troops,
whose valor must be praised.
Our nation is the legacy
of heroes, born and raised.
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Today we celebrate our troops,
whose valor must be praised.
Our nation is the legacy
of heroes, born and raised.
Americans are different
as Americans can be.
We hail from north, south, east and west…
from sea to shining sea.