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Chaplain’s thoughts ...

Sing a song

Full of the faith that the dark past Has taught us,

Sing a song

Full of the hope that the present

Has brought us. ~ James Weldon Johnson

Courtesy photo These lyrics from the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” were
written by James Weldon Johnson. This song, often called the Black
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nated AL-1, was assisted by an Italian air force KC-767 aerial refueling tanker, which refueled it speaks of arriving at a longed for place of liberty and light.
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Air Force Base. to a prophetic utterance. For at that time the American South was
a place of oppression and darkness and coming “to the place for
which our father’s sighed” was but a dream.

It would take another six decades before Martin Luther King
Jr. would arrive on the scene to aid in the deliverance of a people.

Yet Johnson’s words continue to inspire all who rejoice in liberty,
who long to adhere to a high moral calling, and who seek divine
guidance in their pursuit of the path of righteousness. This song
ends with these words:

Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Courtesy of Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Larry Fowler
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