Haven't read anything positive about the United States of
America lately?
Can hardly remember exactly why we fought all those wars or what
that is worthwhile came out of them? The author of this book of 12
speeches and several essays was the invited speaker in those
difficult Sixties and Seventies on Independence Day, Naturalization
Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day at gatherings in Southern
Oregon. There he spoke from the heart (and his years of historical
training) to the matter of our wars and their reasons for being
waged.
Large audiences and small alike stood or sat while Vaughn Davis
Bornet delivered short orations that speak directly to sensitive
matters. In the Country and around the World at the time there grew
to be muttering and questioning; many "tuned out" or "dropped out"
as the drug culture and draft resistance moved in on the spirit
that had won World War II and earlier World War I.
The Rogue River Valley is a place of small towns; the locale is
just north of California, in the mountains, but Ashland, Medford,
and the smaller places are in valleys where old values continue to
be honored in ceremonies that honor our service personnel year
after year.
This book, whose prose is in most cases forty years old, returns
readers to an older time. It does so without apology, for the
author admits from the very beginning to being "patriotic." His
essay/speeches are, in a word no longer in general use,
patriotics.
The author's publications and bio appear on pages 150-153.
Since most of the words in this book were created to be spoken
aloud, why not read a few paragraphs or pages to a friend or
relative?
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