The quiet ones

"you cannot invade America, there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
In the quiet places of our beloved country, we go about our daily lives. Most of us have never seen the lights of the great cities of the East, nor the great Columbia River. We have not trod the beaches of the west coast, nor seen the centers of finance, or of government.
Our names have not been seen on the news, nor our faces in print, and no one knows of our existence save for our loved ones and friends. We go about our lives never having influenced policy or called on to give our views to a reporter.
Our fame is in the eyes of the children, and grandchildren we have raised. It is to them we give our views and opinions. It is the bow of our heads in prayer, or the flag outside our homes that is the only interview we will ever give. It is the full knowledge of our country's most sacred documents, or the understanding of a system of government that influences the policy by which we live.
Our lives are not on the evening news for all to see, to comment on, or ponder. No one will conduct opinion poles, and chances are never even know we have lived. we are the quiet ones behind every blade of grass, and we will never die.