{"id":16,"date":"2007-06-24T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2007-06-24T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlridings.se\/blog\/2007\/06\/24\/freedom\/"},"modified":"2007-06-24T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2007-06-24T18:00:28","slug":"freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlridings.se\/blog\/2007\/06\/24\/freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Freedom” is not a word I throw around very much. For me, it has been put into duty for evil, wicked purposes by the likes of G. W. Bush, a little bit too much for my taste.<\/p>\n

But now and then its core meaning surfaces.<\/p>\n

In Oslo, there are monuments in a graveyard dedicated to those who fought for Norway’s freedom during WWII. The Soviets, Dutch, Poles, Swedes, Norwegians, Common Wealth forces, all are represented. Possibly more. I didn’t canvas the whole cemetery.<\/p>\n

In 1945 a young, 37, Dutch man died and his grave is found there. We who have traveled around Europe are used to seeing these sad monuments.<\/p>\n

But on his grave, B. Schoonbeek’s grave, his family has left a new stone in remembrance:<\/p>\n

“Freedom is not a right, it is a duty
\nThank-you for our freedom.”<\/p>\n

Schoonbeek family
\nMay 4, 2007<\/p>\n

We all owe a lot to a lot of young men. It is heartening to see that debt reconfirmed, over 50 years later.<\/p>\n

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