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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

When the names on this marker were being inscribed, they evidently ran
out of space and had to put the name of Johnnie Carter on the back of
the marker-where Johnnie’s name could have gone unnoticed. However,
some good soul corrected this by adding a separate marker to the front
so Johnnie’s name now appears where it belongs, on the front with all the
others— and his name still appears on the back also.

*Desert Storm: “ Dedicated July 3, 1991, by the North East Florida
Leadership Council, Inc. In honor of the Columbia County Desert Storm
Military Personnel.”

Three other markers are part of this memorial area. The first says “All
gave some, Some gave all.” The second, “Military Order of the Purple
Heart Chapter 772 Lake City, Florida.” The third marker poignantly
quotes former Lake City Veterans Medical Center official John Elliot
Pickens III: “Engraved in stone and in our hearts, the price of freedom is
visible here.”

The Olustee Battle monument is in a separate part of the park and is a
topic for another day.

Spend a few minutes with these markers from time to tim e as an ongoing
reminder of the high price of our freedom.

REDNECK CHURCH

You know you go to a redneck church when the preacher calls on Bubba
to stand and lead the closing prayer— and five men and two women stand
up!

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