Now Is the Time to Stand

   Stand.  What a simple word.  It connotes the idea of holding one’s ground.  Stand firm.  Stand up and be counted.  Stand up for what you believe in.  Make your stand.

   It is a common word that folks love to throw around, but it is rare to find someone who actually stands when the fire gets hot.  Our nation was built on the sacrifices of those who knew what it meant to stand.

   When the American Revolution took place,  the average age of a soldier was seventeen.  The average age of a soldier in the Civil War was 25.  World War II soldiers averaged 23 years old, while those who fought in WW II were 26.  Both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War were fought by men in their early 20s.  The ongoing wars in the Mideast have been fought by those same 25 year olds.

   There was a time in this nation when our young men were taught to stand.

   Today we are taught to kneel. 

   Wars have always been fought by young men.  Part of it has to do with the physical rigors of war which are far more suited for young, sturdy bodies.  But America is full of men who were once charged with “standing” who today find themselves kneeling.  Kneeling, not to a foreign enemy, but to a far more deadly domestic one. 

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