Well let me give you a secret, the words you are about to read have brought tears to the eyes of some of the toughest combat veterans in the world...
Print this out and hand it to the ones that knock on your door...
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San Diego's Sword in the Stone.
* A veteran soldier walks up before the crowd, draws his sword and takes the microphone. *
"many people want the cross to come down because it is a religious symbol"
* at this point he raises his sword above his head for all to see. *
"The sword has always been a symbol of a warrior, an Icon of valor and strength. The sign of a man who is willing to die for what he believes. A great Warrior understands the might of the sword isn't in the steel of the blade, it comes from the handle and the heart of the man behind it."
"When a hero falls, his sword is planted in the dirt over his head."
* at this point, he drives the sword deep into the ground, and bows his head. giving the crowd a chance to see the sword glistening in the sunlight. That's when they realized, they are looking at a cross *
"The strength is still in the handle. To Christians, the three points of the
cross, remind us of the Trinity, The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but at the heart of it's meaning, stands for a hero that died for what he believed."
"Mt Soledad's Cross is San Diego's reminder of all of our heroes, both men and
women, that have died for our Freedom."
"In their memory let it stand, let it be our Sword in the Stone"
"Let it stand for all who died, bringing peace to the World"
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A friend of mine is a veteran, and he went up to Mount Soledad every weekend to spend time with some of his fallen friends, he said the power around the cross was unexplainable.
He was crushed that a few people were fighting to have it taken down.
He asked if I could help him come up with the words to save it.
I wrote this and put it on paper with a faded image of a sword in the stone in the background.
He read it, blinked back the tears, then went out and made 10,000 copies and handed them out to everyone he spoke to...
The cross was saved, by the heart and determination of one man...