JackofVirginia
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Thank you all who have sacrificed their lives for us and their country. As one General mentioned," Thanks for giving us your tomorrows for our todays." Thank you, thank you.
Memorial Day
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MarkRedman
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To everyone who has ever been in any branch of military life, thank you for your service. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day holiday together with family and friends. Especially this year, with the restrictions associated with the pandemic nearing an end, we all have a lot to celebrate and be thankful for.
Just buried my Uncle at the Military Cemetery in Maryland ( 28 years Navy ) and they had it all ready for Memorial Day. Literally as soon as you get ready to pull into it you can’t help but get choked up at the sacrifice so many have made for us. [attachment=2124]18E313A5-DE9F-49CB-A001-1F6B710994CB.jpeg[/attachment][attachment=2125]9AE5AE86-94A3-4B8C-A5F0-99F765BFC2F4.jpeg[/attachment]
woke up at dawn's crack and put out a 3 by 5 American flag at half staff.
went to perkins restaurant for a free veterans on memorial day breakfast.
went to my hamlet's 18 minute Memorial day ceremony run by the local VFW.
the speaker did a break down on who is listed on the Vietnam Memorial wall by various catagories.
the ceremony ended with the playing of taps.
called my only relative that served in vietnam. he is on 100% disability with the VA.
then did another purely American thing - i watched a baseball game. unfortunately the yanks - America's team - lost.
thank you to all my fellow veterans for your service.
went to perkins restaurant for a free veterans on memorial day breakfast.
went to my hamlet's 18 minute Memorial day ceremony run by the local VFW.
the speaker did a break down on who is listed on the Vietnam Memorial wall by various catagories.
the ceremony ended with the playing of taps.
called my only relative that served in vietnam. he is on 100% disability with the VA.
then did another purely American thing - i watched a baseball game. unfortunately the yanks - America's team - lost.
thank you to all my fellow veterans for your service.
beast of the east
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It is always a thoughtful gesture when we thank veterans for their service. Two Saturdays ago as I exited Yankee stadium with a dear old friend, he opened his wallet a grabbed a fistful of 5s and singles. Walking through the park adjacent to the stadium, whenever he saw a homeless guy or a military vet with a cap or t shirt indicating such, he approached them with a big smile, chatted with them, thanked them for their service and pressed some cash into their hands or shirt pockets as he departed. This friend is a former vet and a former cop and I was astounded by his goodness and good nature.
On memorial day, I think back on a visit to the Vietnam memorial in Washington DC. on Father's day. The wall was adorned with notes, cards, and photos of scrawny barely legal Vietnam vets who were also young dads who came home in body bags. This was less than 20 years ago, and the notes were from 30 something children with little or no fleeting memories of a dad they never met or barely knew. At the memorial, there were were dozens of still grieving family members, or army buddies teary eyed at locating a comrade or son or dad's name on the wall. Many stenciled their name on pieces of white paper.
On memorial day I focus on the courageous men and women who died in service of an imperfect union whose liberties and freedoms we enjoy because of their sacrifice. Memorial Day honors those men and women specifically, Those who died in WWII and forward still have families who grieve their loss daily. God bless them all.
On memorial day, I think back on a visit to the Vietnam memorial in Washington DC. on Father's day. The wall was adorned with notes, cards, and photos of scrawny barely legal Vietnam vets who were also young dads who came home in body bags. This was less than 20 years ago, and the notes were from 30 something children with little or no fleeting memories of a dad they never met or barely knew. At the memorial, there were were dozens of still grieving family members, or army buddies teary eyed at locating a comrade or son or dad's name on the wall. Many stenciled their name on pieces of white paper.
On memorial day I focus on the courageous men and women who died in service of an imperfect union whose liberties and freedoms we enjoy because of their sacrifice. Memorial Day honors those men and women specifically, Those who died in WWII and forward still have families who grieve their loss daily. God bless them all.
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