 | |  | Trooper Richards F. Hammond
Michigan State Police
Michigan
Wednesday, January 20, 1937 |
Trooper Hammond,
On today, the 72nd anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of the state of Michigan.
R.I.P.
USBP Anonymous
2009-01-20
Always remembered as a vibrant young man who was so honored to serve his fellow man. Dick has never been forgotten in the family. Anonymous
2008-11-02
YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH
2008-01-12
The Monument" (momento mori)
written by Detective S. D. Meska
There's a memorial in Washington
with names engraved in stone,
and I stood there not so long ago,
my thoughts and I alone.
There's the name of a City Policeman,
there's a Trooper and a Fed.
It reads like a mournful metronome,
this monument to our dead.
And as I stood there reading,
with roses for the brave,
I heard a spectral voice ring out
as if from beyond the grave.
"We are the dead of Law Enforcement,"
the spirit voice began,
"And I think we have the right
to ask some questions, man to man."
"Have you learned anything at all,
from the way we passed away?"
"Is there something there that just might help,
you survive another day?"
"Does a flag draped coffin in America,
now mean anything at all?"
"I wonder how my family felt,
when they got that late night call."
"And when they took us to the grave yard,
escorted by ranks of blue,
did you start to realize,
the next one might be you?"
"There's lessons here that might save you,
if only you will heed."
"But I wonder if a dead cop's mother,
ever is in need."
"And the children we left behind,
so lost, alone, and small."
"Can they replace their Parent,
with a photo on the wall?"
"We're buried, now, and so long gone,
And all the tears have dried."
"And we probably died in vain,
but learn from how we died."
Let us all learn from your example.
Let us always remember the survivors.
Let us place no more names on those granite walls.
This is my prayer Grateful citizen
2007-11-24
you are not forgotten, brother. Trooper
Michigan State Police
2007-04-18
God Bless you Troop.. You will NEVER be forgotten by those who know you are a HERO.
God Speed...HEROS LIVE FOREVER !!!
2006-04-12
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Deputy Sheriff
POLK County, Florida
2004-03-21
RIP brother
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