Jacob D. Bower

West Point, 2015

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Paul and Anna Marie Hunton on July 22, 2011:

When I toured West Point after our son (NC-Ryan Hunton) accepted his appointment, I bought a picture frame at the gift shop with a poem. I was moved when I read it. It is appropriate here: We Give You Our Son We hugged him as a boy. And through the years he has become Our greatest pride and joy. We love him more than we can say. His life more precious than our own. But gone are the whims and notions of the little boy we have known. For the years have passed so quickly since the time it all began, and now he stands before us, with the Convictions of a man. He wants to serve his country, he states aloud with pride. As we sort out the emotions that we're feeling deep inside. A union of the uncertain fear which we cannot control, and the Allegiance that lies deep within our patriotic souls. We trust that our years of guidance will serve him as a strong foundation, as he performs the duties required by his beloved nation. God, please guide him as he travels to the places our soldiers have bled. And walk with him through pathways where those heros' feet have tread. Oh, Sweet Land of Liberty, Humbly we give to you our son. Praying you'll return him home when his work for you is done. Dear Bower family; he has traveled to those places, been down those pathways, he is home. Not the home you (and all his fellow New Cadets and us New Cadet Parents) wished him to return to in this earthy life, but the home where we will, with God's grace, all join him. Thank you for the gift you've given your country. The Hunton Family in Harrison City, PA - just east of Pittsburgh, and all Families in the Class of 2015

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