 | |  | Policeman John J. McAntee
Philadelphia Police Department
Pennsylvania
Friday, October 22, 1920 |
You will always be remembered. Cpl/1 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police
2007-10-22
You are remembered today and thank you Sir for your service VanDen Berghe
NH
2007-10-19
Officer McAntee was the brother of my great-grandmother, Katherine McAntee Sweeney Whelan. My father, Thomas J. Stokes, remembers his grandmother always mentioning her late brother when they would pass the site of his death in the 1930s and 1940s. Stephen G. Stokes
relative of Officer McAntee
2006-05-26
Godspeed Officer McAntee
The Final Inspection
The policeman stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, policeman.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"
The policeman squared his shoulders and said,
"No lord, I guess I ain't,
Because those of us who carry a badge
can't always be a saint."
I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
Because the streets are awfully tough.
But I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at time I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fear.
If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't I'll understand.
There was a silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly,
For the judgement of his god.
"Step forward now, policeman,
You've born your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in hell"
Author Unknown
Donna
Philadelphia citizen
2005-10-22
The details of your sacrifice are unknown to us, but the fact remains that you are a hero. Rest in peace. A citizen
2004-10-22
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