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Jack Buck's powerful post-Sept. 11 poem still resonates with many today

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | September 9, 2021

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Jack Buck is seen in his home on Dec. 28, 2000, after being named St. Louis' Citizen of the Year. (Post-Dispatch fil photo by Larry Williams)

JACK BUCK AND LARUSSA
Broadcaster Jack Buck, left, chats with Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during spring training in 1997 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Post-Dispatch file photo by Jane Rudolph)

“Since this nation was founded, under God, more than 200 years ago, we have been the bastion of freedom — the light that keeps the free world aglow.

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