No Flag but the American Flag will I fight and die under!
I am an American
.... Many years ago my French, and Irish ancestors craved to live,
and raise their families free........
They sailed the high seas to reach the shores of sweet Liberty.
They came in search of the American Dream. They were a people
who left their birth lands to adopt a new land sight unseen.
Many years ago my ancestors roamed free hunted for food and
played in the streams.
French, Indian, and Irish blood runs through my American veins.
I am an American from 'the melting pot' with ' American made'
stamped on my heart.
Because of my immigrant families' unselfishness and their desire not
just to come to America but to be American down to the
core, they left all alliance to their birth counties at freedom's door.
Many years ago my French, and Irish ancestors craved to live
and raise their families free........
They sailed the high seas to reach the shores of sweet Liberty.
Because of the love my ancestors had for their adopted land
and because of the patriotism their offspring nurtured inside of me
I will always be thankful as I hold old glory high
That my families chose to adopt for me
the Home of the brave the land of the free.
French, Indian, and Irish blood runs through my American veins.
I am an American from 'the melting pot' with ' American made'
stamped on my heart.
By Heartsong
Uncle Robert, a Viet Nam veteran, was a Victim of Agent Orange
Baker County Press March, 1978
Robert J. Maul, age 36, of Macclenny died Thursday in the Veteran’s Hospital in
Gainesville. A native of Trenton, New Jersey, he had lived in Macclenny for the
past 11 years. Mr. Maul was a Baptist.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vivian Joan Manning Maul of Macclenny; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Maul of Hamilton Square, New Jersey; 1 brother John Maul, III
of Trenton, New Jersey; 3 sisters, Miss Jan K. Maul of Pueblo, Colorado, Mrs.
Frances Rodino of Hazelton, Pennsylvania and Mrs. Virginia Post of Beachwood,
New Jersey.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock from the Clay Hill
Baptist Church in Clay County with the pastor the Rev. Bill Hendricks,
officiating, assisted by the Rev. James Griffis. Pallbearers were Floyd Johns,
Rev. James Griffis, Gene Wallace, Joe Braswell, Jimmy Long and Harry
Dressendorter. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery. John M. Brinkley, Mortician
was in charge of arrangements.
(20 Aug 1951 – 16 Mar 1978)
Patriotic Poems
Written by Heartsong
A/K/S Jan (Sanford) Tetstone
