RON'S WRITINGS: GIANT FOOTPRINTS

PART FIVE: TRIBUTE TO PIONEER DAKOTANS, 1845-1945

HOMECOMING OF THE WAR HEROES

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And Dora Lundy arrived in '81, to homestead Underwood quarter, in '37 she's 87 and far from done--no pioneer you can name is heartier! "Gone with the Wind" at Bryant theater just as war clouds darken Europe; a madman went and seized the Ruhr--a lying peace was full shown up, and appeasement drank a bitter cup.

Bryanters fought jaws of tyranny ("For Whom the Bell Tolls" was no jest). Those who now make apology never faced such foes in mortal test--the kind that proves man's mettle best. Toughened, knit like strong-linked chain, our soldiers served at Liberty's behest. All their sacrifice and pain made double sure Old Glory's gain.

Hundreds of thousands of aspiring young men (and women) sacrificed their life plans and even their very lives to serve at Liberty's call; Arthur Stadem was one who served.

Those who think world war a game will no doubt count freedom cheap. An Honor Roll Roard shrines Bryant's fame in a vacant lot where hoppers leap. They're names of those the grateful keep. Stars mark some with shining gold, those whose blood was sown deep, deep. All are heroes who walked bold and trod footprints of giant mold...and trod footprints of giant mold.

The End, "Giant Footprints" By Ronald Ginther; This Poem of Tribute was inspired by the Huge Labor of Love by the Editors of the Bryant Centennial Book, 1886-1986, Bryant, SD

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