Salt Lick,

You aught to read the book “Eaters of the Dead” by Creighton. It is the book “13th Warrior” is based on. There is a passage in the book descibing the voyage to the Northland. They stop for provisions in Friesland, now part of Nederland and Germany and where my descendants lived. The passage brought tears to my eyes!

Another passage (film clip) that never fails to bring tears to my eyes is in the series “Band of Brothers”. It is the part where the Rangers are on the fence line of a Nederlander farm wondering if the occupants are NAZI symphatizers or Nederlander patriots. The answer to the Rangers came in the form of an orange sheet hung out of the farm house window. Orange is the royal color of Nederland, they were patriots! The Rangers were greeted with open arms then and to this day!

June 6 is special to me because it is the anniversary of my Oath of American Citizenship as well as D-Day. I consider it a happy coincidence! I get to celebrate the rescue of my old country, my motherland on the anniversary of becoming a citizen of my chosen country.

May Allah bless America!

Salaam eleikum Y’all!

From Marzouq, lover of Love, hater of Hate, seeker of truth.
I fly like a cruise missile through the gaps, under the radar to deliver my payload of love and deeper understanding!