National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

TRIBUTE POETRY

A THREAD OF BLUE
By Robert Fouracre

As flowers fade
With ribbons frayed
And tears of sorrow cease

That haunting sound
“Officer Down”
Will never find its Peace

The list of Grief
And Disbelief
Are echoes of the past

The time we spent
And what it meant
Are mem’ries that will last

We Live and Die
And don’t know why
But what we leave behind

A Thread of Blue
A Job to Do
And Duty Undefined

The Honor Goes
To All of Those
Who Dared to Take a Stand

And all along
They keep us strong
With God’s Great Helping Hand.


Officer Name: David Douglass
Officer Department: Lower Township P.D.
City: Villas, NJ DateDeath: 02/18/1994




Detective Joseph J. Lynch

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