FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2018 ~ 27 MAY 2018

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Sunday Chapel ~ MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2018 ~

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Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.




In honor of those who lost their lives while serving our country, we would like to share with you President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery:

Today is the day we put aside to remember fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again. It’s a day of thanks for the valor of others, a day to remember the splendor of America and those of her children who rest in this cemetery and others. It’s a day to be with the family and remember.

I was thinking this morning that across the country children and their parents will be going to the town parade and the young ones will sit on the sidewalks and wave their flags as the band goes by. Later, maybe, they’ll have a cookout or a day at the beach. And that’s good, because today is a day to be with the family and to remember.

Arlington, this place of so many memories, is a fitting place for some remembering. So many wonderful men and women rest here, men and women who led colorful, vivid, and passionate lives. There are the greats of the military: Bull Halsey and the Admirals Leahy, father and son; Black Jack Pershing; and the GI’s general, Omar Bradley. Great men all, military men. But there are others here known for other things.

Here in Arlington rests a sharecropper’s son who became a hero to a lonely people. Joe Louis came from nowhere, but he knew how to fight. And he galvanized a nation in the days after Pearl Harbor when he put on the uniform of his country and said, “I know we’ll win because we’re on God’s side.” Audie Murphy is here, Audie Murphy of the wild, wild courage. For what else would you call it when a man bounds to the top of a disabled tank, stops an enemy advance, saves lives, and rallies his men, and all of it single-handedly. When he radioed for artillery support and was asked how close the enemy was to his position, he said, “Wait a minute and I’ll let you speak to them.” [Laughter]

Michael Smith is here, and Dick Scobee, both of the space shuttle Challenger. Their courage wasn’t wild, but thoughtful, the mature and measured courage of career professionals who took prudent risks for great reward—in their case, to advance the sum total of knowledge in the world. They’re only the latest to rest here; they join other great explorers with names like Grissom and Chaffee.

Oliver Wendell Holmes is here, the great jurist and fighter for the right. A poet searching for an image of true majesty could not rest until he seized on “Holmes dissenting in a sordid age.” Young Holmes served in the Civil War. He might have been thinking of the crosses and stars of Arlington when he wrote: “At the grave of a hero we end, not with sorrow at the inevitable loss, but with the contagion of his courage; and with a kind of desperate joy we go back to the fight".

All of these men were different, but they shared this in common: They loved America very much. There was nothing they wouldn’t do for her. And they loved with the sureness of the young. It’s hard not to think of the young in a place like this, for it’s the young who do the fighting and dying when a peace fails and a war begins. Not far from here is the statue of the three servicemen—the three fighting boys of Vietnam. It, too, has majesty and more. Perhaps you’ve seen it—three rough boys walking together, looking ahead with a steady gaze. There’s something wounded about them, a kind of resigned toughness. But there’s an unexpected tenderness, too. At first you don’t really notice, but then you see it. The three are touching each other, as if they’re supporting each other, helping each other on.

I know that many veterans of Vietnam will gather today, some of them perhaps by the wall. And they’re still helping each other on. They were quite a group, the boys of Vietnam—boys who fought a terrible and vicious war without enough support from home, boys who were dodging bullets while we debated the efficacy of the battle. It was often our poor who fought in that war; it was the unpampered boys of the working class who picked up the rifles and went on the march. They learned not to rely on us; they learned to rely on each other. And they were special in another way: They chose to be faithful. They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time. They chose to believe and answer the call of duty. They had the wild, wild courage of youth. They seized certainty from the heart of an ambivalent age; they stood for something.

And we owe them something, those boys. We owe them first a promise: That just as they did not forget their missing comrades, neither, ever, will we. And there are other promises. We must always remember that peace is a fragile thing that needs constant vigilance. We owe them a promise to look at the world with a steady gaze and, perhaps, a resigned toughness, knowing that we have adversaries in the world and challenges and the only way to meet them and maintain the peace is by staying strong.

That, of course, is the lesson of this century, a lesson learned in the Sudetenland, in Poland, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Cambodia. If we really care about peace, we must stay strong. If we really care about peace, we must, through our strength, demonstrate our unwillingness to accept an ending of the peace. We must be strong enough to create peace where it does not exist and strong enough to protect it where it does. That’s the lesson of this century and, I think, of this day. And that’s all I wanted to say. The rest of my contribution is to leave this great place to its peace, a peace it has earned.

Thank all of you, and God bless you, and have a day full of memories.

Note: The President spoke at 10:10 a.m. at the Memorial Amphitheater. Prior to his remarks, he placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[luvie]

Hey, there, radu!

How goes it tonight. How was the visit to the museum today? Hope there were lots of folks who wanted to spend the weekend with the actual items that our troops used through the decades!

Is the weather pretty there? We saw 103 on our front porch. Needless to say, I stayed indoors. I can’t handle it. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Rough schedule....I know the need for a break.

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Tail feathers are draggin’ a bit tonight but it was a great day. Just a little too early for my tastes. LOL!
Had a really good day at the museum. Most of the people who stopped in to check it out were younger folks - 20s and early 30s - and all were pumped about the place.
We were surprised there weren’t veterans but I figure they were at area VFWs, American Legions, etc. enjoying activities that had been planned for them.

OUCH!! That’s too hot! Can’t blame you a bit for staying indoors in the A/C today.

It was pretty toasty here, and muggy. Pop-up showers sprang up everywhere but here ..... until around 7:00 when the bottom dropped out. We got .35 an inch in about 5 minutes and poof, it was over as quickly as it started.
The weather for the next week is going to be pretty much the same with rain chances increasing as the storm in the Gulf gets closer.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Hate that I got here too late to catch you still here. It sounds like you had a grand time today with your sister and your son. Range time! WOOHOO!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hope you had a relaxing day to recuperate from the crazy week you had.

Any rain at all or have you had to water the new grass seed every day?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[luvie]

I’ll bet you ARE tired....in a good way! Getting up early sux and I have to do it in the morning. I’m already watching the clock so I don’t go to sleep at 3am like I did last night. LOL!

Great that the museum had a good turnout. Maybe next military holiday, the troops at the VFW, etc, can get a group together and come in a bus or something. Maybe someone would donate it for them. Just thinkin’.

So glad you got a nice rain, but not so good that it made it muggy. I would love some. :) It’s nearly too hot to water. it would just burn it. I guess he’ll have to water at night. Can’t wait for the heat to pass, since it’s going to be over 100 for at least 1 1/2 weeks. At least.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Did you work at the museum today?

Sun is shining brightly right now, with a 50/50 chance of some rain tomorrow afternoon.

How are you fixed for the proper mix of rain and dry?

[Kathy in Alaska]

To our Military -

Thank you for protecting us. Sleep well and safe.
May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.

Thank you to our Allies.

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To those of our Military and Allies who gave their all,
- May your souls rest in peace. May your families be comforted.
May your/our country always remember.

[Kathy in Alaska]

No rain, so I may go water a little later this evening.

Busy but pleasant day. Doing a little homework and next week is short. It’s not a pay week, but PLENTY to get done. And the new person should be here.

The boss says she has Cost Point experience....I sure hope so.

[radu]

Yes, it was museum day once again and it was a fun day. A lot of nice folks stopped in to check it out, a few from out of state, and all enjoyed it.

Put a decent dent in the big tote of uniforms but that won’t last long. During a lull, I was taken out to the big shop building and shown a mountain of 4x4x4 ft. totes stacked up in there. Totes filled with items brought up from Tupelo, and many of those items are more uniforms. I’ll be busy for a while. LOL!

There was one stack set aside that has all WWI items and I told him they need to unpack those first! I imagine they’ll dig into them soon since the WWI section in the museum is a bit small at this point.

I hope you get some of that rain they’re predicting. The grass seed would be much appreciative. :-)

We’ve had pop-up showers around the state the past several days and have gotten a couple at the farm. Had a doozy this early this evening. The storm system in the Gulf will come up over us, I believe Tues., and they predict up to 4 inches of rain for us out of the deal.

[radu]

Keeping fingers crossed for luck you’ll get a break from watering tomorrow. That would be a nice change, huh?

Glad your day was a good one even if it was busy. I hope the new gal catches on quickly to her job so she can take a load off the three of you the following week. Y’all NEED the break.

Did you swing by the SS office to check things out so you’ll be good to go on appointment day?

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Sunday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. How's it going?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Didn’t go out at all today, but will check out the SS office tomorrow.

I just couldn’t get motivated. So sad. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours. Have your brother and sister met Gizmo yet? I hope he’s doing better riding in the truck.

You guys have a great Sunday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

[radu]

Hey, after the week you had, not being able to get motivated is quite understandable!

You’ve got two more days to check it out. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?