Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 12:40 PM
Subject: This is us
The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net
worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35,
according to an analysis of census data recently released. 47 times.
They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, blue hairs,
geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are “Baby Boomers”
getting ready to retire, others are from the Greatest Generation already
retired. We walk a little slower these days and our eyes and hearing are
not what they once were. We worked hard, raised our children, worshiped
our God and have grown old together.
In school, we studied English, history, math, and science, which enabled us
to lead America into the technological age.
We still use two spaces after a period when typing.
Most of us remember what outhouses were, many of us with firsthand
experience. We remember the days of telephone party-lines, $.25 gasoline,
and milk and ice being delivered to our homes. We are probably considered
old fashioned and outdated by many.
But there are a few things you need to remember before completely writing
us off.
We won World War II, fought in Korea and Viet Nam.
We can quote “The Pledge of Allegiance” and know where to place our hand
while doing so. We wore the uniform of our country with pride and lost many
friends on the battlefield. We didn’t fight for the Socialist States of
America; we fought for the “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.” We
wore different uniforms but carried the same flag. We know the words to the
“Star-Spangled Banner,” “America,” and “America the Beautiful” by heart and
you may even see some tears
running down our cheeks as we sing. We have lived what many of you should
have read in history books and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone
for America.
Yes, we are older and slower these days but rest assured, we have at least
one good fight left in us. We love this country, fought and died for it,
and now we are going to save it. It is our country and nobody is going to
take it away from us. We took oaths to defend America against all enemies,
foreign and domestic, and that’s an oath we plan to keep. There are those
who want to destroy this land we love but, like our founders, there is no
way we are going to remain silent.
Well, don’t worry youngsters, the Grey-Haired Brigade is here, and in 2016
we took back our nation We may drive a little slower than you would like,
but we get where we’re going, and in 2020 we’re driving to the polls again
by the millions.
So the next time you have the chance to say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand
up, put your hand over your heart, honor your country, and thank God for
the old geezers of the “Gray-Haired Brigade.”
Footnote:
This is spot on. I am another Gray-Haired Geezer signing on. I will
circulate this to other Gray-Haired Geezers all over this still great
country. Can you feel the ground shaking? It’s not an earthquake, it’s a
STAMPEDE. And, you and I are members.
In God we STILL trust!!