Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.”
On Eagle’s Wings
HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED -
to restore the eagles that once perched atop the monuments of veterans Colonel William R.
Creighton and Lt. Colonel Orrin Crane who are buried in Cleveland’s Woodland Cemetery.
Both men died at the Battle of Ringgold on November 27, 1863. Restoration of these
adornments is estimated at $8,000. Individuals and groups are encouraged to contribute as
soon as possible so that the project can be completed for a Memorial Day tribute in May 2007.
Your fully tax deductible
donations may be made to
Sons of Union Veterans,
Garfield Camp #142
Mail to:
Michelle A. Day
c/o Sons of Union Veterans
1336 East 349th Street
Eastlake, OH 44095-3033
For more information contact
Michelle Day by phone at
216.319.2091 or email her at
michelleann@ameritech.net
he eagle represents freedom. Living as he does on the tops of lofty mountains,
amid the solitary grandeur of Nature, he has unlimited freedom, whether with strong
pinions he sweeps into the valleys below, or upward into the boundless spaces beyond.
It is said the eagle was used as a national emblem because, at one of the first battles
of the Revolution (which occurred early in the morning) the noise of the struggle
awoke the sleeping eagles on the heights and they flew from their nests and circled
about over the heads of the fighting men, all the while giving vent to their raucous
cries. “They are shrieking for Freedom,” said the patriots.
Thus the eagle, full of the boundless spirit of freedom, living above the valleys,
strong and powerful in his might, has become the national emblem of a country
that offers freedom in word and thought and an opportunity for a full and free
expansion into the boundless space of the future. --Maude M. Grant
Design: Kris Tapié´Fay
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