MEMORIAL DAY
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My Church here in SCarolina , plays God Bless America , America the Beautiful and the Star Spangled Banner before every Mass over the Weekend . Everyone stands and sings .
It’s a great way to get your Patriotism started and remember what Memorial Day is about .
It’s a great way to get your Patriotism started and remember what Memorial Day is about .
Kids from my street that were a few years older than me that did not make it back alive from Vietnam
* Jim VanTassell next door neighbor
* Ed Smith lived 3 doors down
* John Pezullo lived 8 houses down, was co captain of StMary’s HS (Glens Falls) football team with John Bates who died 4 days after John Pezullo.
Every Memorial Day I commemorate the memory of Van, Eddie, John and Jimmy and think about what might have been.
(please respect their memories by not making any political commentary.)
* Jim VanTassell next door neighbor
* Ed Smith lived 3 doors down
* John Pezullo lived 8 houses down, was co captain of StMary’s HS (Glens Falls) football team with John Bates who died 4 days after John Pezullo.
Every Memorial Day I commemorate the memory of Van, Eddie, John and Jimmy and think about what might have been.
(please respect their memories by not making any political commentary.)
God bless our troops and God bless America! Happy memorial day to all....
A prayer for deceased military - Catholic Digest
Prayer for Memorial Day (Last Monday in May) God of power and mercy, you destroy war and put down earthly pride. Banish violence from our midst and wipe away our tears, that we may all deserve to be called your sons and daughters. Keep in your mercy those men and women who have died in […]
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Otis, I had the same experience with different names. Plus, I have two cousins who came back and were never the same and my wife's brother is so screwed up he hasn't been a functioning human since 1975. God bless the ones we lost, and God bless those who came back and were never right again.
On a quieter than usual Memorial Day, my wife and I attended the parade and ensuing ceremony in the steps of the American Legion Hall with no other spcial plans. In our very small Long Island town, the parade itself was tiny and brief, a shadow of the giant memorial day parades I marched in as a kid in Queens that had hundreds of boy scouts, cub scouts, school marching bands, civic associations, ⁰and rows and rows of veterans marching.
This one though by far was the most poignant. Pastors from two local churches offered prayers, pur.parish priest read the names of each veteran in our tiny town who died in combat from the civil war going forward (in total about 20 names). The surnames frequently were well.known in this town since colonial times and are names of streets. The final name everyone knew and his dad spoke.
Lt. Joseph Theinert died in Afghanistan when he protected his unit by attempting to disable an i.e.d. that exploded before he could disarm it, killing him. His dad spoke of Joey, who always wanted to serve, lead, and protect dating back to his school days as a student leader. He then read a letter that Joey wrote and left on his laptop that was written to his family in case he died in combat. As the words his dad read brought Joey back to.lige for a few minutes, i thought of the entire list of soldiers who had perished, then flashed to the 58,000 who died in Vietnam, those entombed in the USS Arizona, and Normandy, and every other military conflict. Mostly young men with much to live and give in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Strongpoint Theinert Ranch, Albuquerque NM
Joey loved to hike the mountains of New Mexico with his dad. His family started a charity, creating a camp for military veterans needing a break from the adjustments to.civilian life. It is now on the list of charities we support, which just seems way not enough considering his and others ultimate sacrifice.
God bless them all and God bless America.
This one though by far was the most poignant. Pastors from two local churches offered prayers, pur.parish priest read the names of each veteran in our tiny town who died in combat from the civil war going forward (in total about 20 names). The surnames frequently were well.known in this town since colonial times and are names of streets. The final name everyone knew and his dad spoke.
Lt. Joseph Theinert died in Afghanistan when he protected his unit by attempting to disable an i.e.d. that exploded before he could disarm it, killing him. His dad spoke of Joey, who always wanted to serve, lead, and protect dating back to his school days as a student leader. He then read a letter that Joey wrote and left on his laptop that was written to his family in case he died in combat. As the words his dad read brought Joey back to.lige for a few minutes, i thought of the entire list of soldiers who had perished, then flashed to the 58,000 who died in Vietnam, those entombed in the USS Arizona, and Normandy, and every other military conflict. Mostly young men with much to live and give in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Strongpoint Theinert Ranch, Albuquerque NM
Joey loved to hike the mountains of New Mexico with his dad. His family started a charity, creating a camp for military veterans needing a break from the adjustments to.civilian life. It is now on the list of charities we support, which just seems way not enough considering his and others ultimate sacrifice.
God bless them all and God bless America.
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