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by Lawrence Kadish • June 8, 2021 at 5:30 pm
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* National leadership is meant to reside in the White House, capable of providing America with a shared vision that allows democracy and its citizens to thrive and flourish. And yet this White House may mirror the darkness that Kilmer mourns.
* Kilmer knew what he was fighting for. He insisted on leading multiple patrols that put him in harm's way. He wore the uniform of the "Fighting 69^th" because he was a patriot who embraced American exceptionalism before the world even knew that a world power founded on freedom had been born.

Alfred Joyce Kilmer in 1918. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

He was an American doughboy killed by a German sniper in the closing months of World War I, defending freedom, literally on the front lines.

Sergeant Alfred Joyce Kilmer left behind a wife and five children. He also left behind a library of poetry that still speaks to us at a time of political turmoil and deep division within a country; a nation that remains the world's last best hope for a cause that Kilmer courageously died for.

One wonders if the poet foresaw the future of Washington's 21^st Century political landscape when he penned the poem "The House With Nobody In It." He created a stark picture when he wrote:

"I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black.
I suppose I've passed it a hundred times, but I always stop for a minute
And look at the house, the tragic house, the house with nobody in it."

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