Comments on: A Prayer Said by an Army Chaplain to Soldiers Leaving on a Fateful Mission in Iraq — Veterans’ Day Quote of the Day (Ramon Pena via Martha Raddatz in ‘The Long Road Home’) http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-prayer-said-by-an-army-chaplain-to-soldiers-leaving-on-a-fateful-mission-in-iraq-veterans-day-quote-of-the-day-ramon-pena-via-martha-raddatz-in-the-long-road-home/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Thu, 16 May 2013 19:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-prayer-said-by-an-army-chaplain-to-soldiers-leaving-on-a-fateful-mission-in-iraq-veterans-day-quote-of-the-day-ramon-pena-via-martha-raddatz-in-the-long-road-home/#comment-4802 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:59:40 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-prayer-said-by-an-army-chaplain-to-soldiers-leaving-on-a-fateful-mission-in-iraq-veterans-day-quote-of-the-day-ramon-pena-via-martha-raddatz-in-the-long-road-home/#comment-4802 This is a great link to a YouTube film clip of the “Freedom” speech. I hadn’t thought of that speech while writing the post, because I had mostly books and plays on my mind and because Braveheart” takes so many liberties with history (which, of course, Shakespeare did, too).

But I watched the clip you linked to, and it fits well in this context. I may expand or bring back this post and your comment on Memorial Day (observed on May 26 in 2008). Thanks, Sean.

]]> By: Sean Lindsay http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-prayer-said-by-an-army-chaplain-to-soldiers-leaving-on-a-fateful-mission-in-iraq-veterans-day-quote-of-the-day-ramon-pena-via-martha-raddatz-in-the-long-road-home/#comment-4790 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:19:09 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-prayer-said-by-an-army-chaplain-to-soldiers-leaving-on-a-fateful-mission-in-iraq-veterans-day-quote-of-the-day-ramon-pena-via-martha-raddatz-in-the-long-road-home/#comment-4790 I’d definitely say the “Freedom” speech from Mel Gibson’s Braveheart. You can refresh your memory.

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