There In Spirit

For John, BLUF:  We should be careful to not lose our political heritage in a narrow rejection of our common history.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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This is the Feast of Crispin

Posted at Cat Rotator's Quarterly on October 25, 2018 by TXRed.

Here is the lede:

Ah, October 25, one of those dates that means a lot to a very few people.  A date immortalized by one of the greatest poems in English, a poem we don’t recall as poetry.

This is about the Battle of Agincourt, and King Henry the Fifth's speech.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

[The whole speech is on video at the link.]

Progressives assert that there is "White Privilege" in this nation, holding back others.  I would assert that they miss the fact that what bouys our spirits is Anglo-Saxon privilege, a privilege available to all, "we band of brothers (and sisters)," regardless of race, color or creed.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispin_and_Crispinian