"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.  The eyes of the world are upon you.  The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."  These sacred words were given by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War II, to the brave men about to risk everything they had and would ever have on what we now know as D-Day. Fellow countrymen of a bygone era answered the call to rid the world of fascism and in doing so faced dangers and uncertainties beyond comprehension.  It was their time to rise to the challenge, and rise they did.   Now those hallowed words that once echoed over the English Channel so many decades ago once again need to be heard so that all freedom-loving Americans are moved to action – not to pick up arms, but to cast a vote; not to invade another land, but to rid the homeland of...(Read Full Post)