~ Fathers Standing United for Faith, Family and Freedom ~
Committed to Honoring America's Fallen Heroes

 

"Our pledge and our prayer this day are those of free men and free women who know that all we hold dear must constantly be built up, fostered, revered, and guarded vigilantly from those in every age who seek its destruction. We know, as have our nation's defenders down through the years, that there can never be peace without its essential elements of liberty, justice, and independence."

- - Ronald Reagan, May 20, 1988

A message from the Founder

Quite often I get letters and emails from gold star mothers, daughters or other family members who tell me they are so glad we started this organization for dads. They tell us how hard it has been on their husbands and their fathers and how they worry about them. For so long the fathers of soldiers have felt left out.

I know that feeling is partly because men tend to show their sorrow differently than women. AFTER ALL we are suppose to be the strong ones, the providers, the protectors. Truth is, sometimes we find it hard to provide and almost impossible to protect. Some fathers actually believe, " if I would have protected better or done something different, maybe my son would still be alive."

That is totally wrong of course, the truth of the matter is our sons and daughters did what they thought was "the right thing to do" and nothing we were going to say would have made a difference. Each of our children made a conscious choice to protect freedom and fight evil, they committed to something greater then themselves. As a nation we owe them a great debt of gratitude, as a father I am filled with sorrow and bursting with pride at the same time. Only another Gold Star could begin to understand that.

But we all know men do cry, we do hurt, we just put a different face on it, sometimes it works, mostly it is to our detriment. Sometimes we take that as shame because deep inside we are just helpless little boys playing a dangerous game we were taught so long ago.

With that in mind, we have opened the GSD Patriot Forum for members to help each other work those kinks out, brag about our sons and help with our loneliness. The GSD Patriot Forum is located in a members only section of the site and requires that you register. This Members Section is open to Gold, Blue & Silver Star family members as well as American Patriots who want to be part of this growing community.

Register Now ~ and Get Involved!

So as you can see we are paying attention, and learning, both from our mistakes and our successes. Thanks to the women's organizations around the United States, both Blue Star & Gold Star we are seeing what is possible when you forget your pride and politics and work together towards a common goal.

To the fantastic women that we were lucky enough to marry and raise our amazing children with; thank you for helping us raise our sons and daughters to be the fine patriotic, caring adults they are, and thank you for being there for us in our time of sorrow and weakness.

Respect & Honor
Michael Klasno

That said, now it's time to get to work!

 

"Honor and Celebrate America's Fallen Heroes, Fathers Standing United for Faith, Family and Freedom"