A mother asked President Bush,
"Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"

Another mother asked President Kennedy
"Why did my son have to die in Vietnam?"

Another mother asked President Truman ,
"Why did my son have to die in Korea?"

Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt ,
"Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima?"

Another mother asked President W. Wilson ,
"Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France?"

Yet another mother asked President Lincoln,
"Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?"

And yet another mother asked President G. Washington ,
"Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge ?"

Then long, long ago, a mother asked..."Heavenly Father, why did my Son have
to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem?"

The answers to all these are similar --

"So that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and freedom."

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

1.  Jesus Christ
            and
2.  The American G. I.

One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.