FReeper Canteen - Independence Day Weekend - 2 July 2016

Our Troops Rock!!!!!!!! | Canteen DJ's

[Publius]

Check Post #11 for something out of our youth.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks Very Much, Connie!

***HUGS***



And thank you very much for opening the doors to
MUSIC MAYHEM!!!!
Rockin' Rebels ~ "Wild Weekend"
1963
(Click)

[TMSuchman]

Madison Raising

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



"The Star Spangled Banner"
Verse Four
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Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

[SandRat]

[luvie]

LOVE YOU CANTEEN DJ'S!!!
Thanks for your hard work!

GodBlessUSA; mylife; AZAmericonnie; Kathy In Alaska; Ms.Behavin; trussell; ConorMacNessa;acad1228; LibertyValance; publius; spel_grammer_an_punct_polise; Drumbo (and me)


YOU ROCK OUT LOUD!!
God bless our troops!!!

Thanks for a great thread, Connie!
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, Y'ALL!

[Fiji Hill]

I haven’t seen that since it was featured on Walt Disney’s Friday night show, ten presidents ago. We watched it in black and white on our Majestic television.

[Publius]

Check Post #17. You’ll love it.

[luvie]

...till they all come home....

[luvie]

Roger that! :)

[luvie]

Ooooo...yes, indeed! One of my very favorite TV shows, too. There aren’t many I’ll even watch!

[Publius]

This season, I found myself yelling at Benedict Arnold, “You damn fool! Washington’s about to give you all the glory you want! Your wife is a Tory skank!”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Connie, and thanks for today's Independence Day Weekend!

[luvie]

LOL! I did want to shake him! He gave it all away for nothing!

[luvie]

Gene Simmons Military Salute
YouTube

WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!



Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It
Video--12 minutes & worth it!

[Publius]

Peggy stood by him to the bitter end. After the war, she was feted by England as a master spy, and Arnold was spat upon.

In his last years, the past began to prey on Arnold's mind; he used to be heard talking to himself, in hushed, violent whispers, about his treason. In his sleep he had visions of himself, again young and handsome, leading gallant charges at Quebec and Saratoga. The delirium in his last illness was pathetic. He lay on the pillow, pale and gaunt, and called out to be given back the old American uniform on which his good friend Washington had once pinned decorations for distinguished service.

--Revolution 1776, John Hyde Preston

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hurrah!!! Liberty call means the weekend is finally here!

Thanks, Connie...exciting plans for the weekend? Family and friends?

[Publius]

SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL PREVIEW

This July we have our annual festival of three concerts per week for four weeks with some of the best musicians in the game. The concerts are broadcast live over KING-FM in Seattle, which has a national following thanks to the miracle of the Internet. If you’re listening for me, I’ll be sitting in the last row in the back because that’s where the acoustics are best.

HAYDN: PIANO TRIO IN E-FLAT, HOB. XV:29

This July 25 performance features Andrew Wan on violin, Julie Albers on cello and Anna Polonsky on piano. Anna is married to pianist Orion Weiss, who will appear later this week.

This trio dates form 1797 and is a more serious work than the early trios. Note that the cello merely imitates the piano bass line. It wasn’t until Beethoven that the cello got to speak on its own in this kind of work.

It starts with a “poco allegretto” movement in sonata format, so as a student at the Publius School of Classical Music, you know by now what to listen for.

The slow movement in C Major is marked “andante e innocentemente,” which means “walking innocently.”

With little warning, the finale erupts “presto assai” in a burst of good humor.

Haydn: Piano Trio in E-flat, Hob. XV:29

[luvie]

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!
MY ARTIST OF THE WEEK....

ERIC CLAPTON~Change The World

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