[chadsworth]

Memorial Holiday Ping for JustAmy

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Sunday !

Happy "Traditional" Memorial Day ! Saaaaa ... luuuute !!!

Have a cup while you Freep !

[MeekOneGOP]

I heard Robert Dole on FOX News yesterday mention that yesterday would have been Bob Hope's and John Kennedy's birthdays. Thanks for mentioning them.

Bob Hope: 1903-2003

"Thanks For The Memory" as sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in:
The Big Broadcast of 1938. (Right Click and "Save Target as" to your computer. It's beautiful).

Bob Hope & Delores w/JFK, others 1962

Bob Hope w/JFK, Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Stuart Symington, 1960

[TexasCowboy]

A HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO YOU ALL!

I put this little slide show together to honor our troops on this day.
It plays on Windows Media Player:

MEMORIAL DAY 2004

[dansangel]

I posted this at the Finest and wanted to post it here for all of the Poetry and Potpourri FRiends. A Blessed and safe Memorial Day Holiday to you all:

Staff Sergeant Richard A. Fitts

I never knew you
But I will always remember you.
You were part of the MIA list
A silver bracelet upon my wrist
Bearing your name and rank.
I never had the chance to thank
You and all of the rest
Who sacrificed all while doing their best
To ensure freedom for those like me.
Because of you today we are free.

So instead I vow to pray
For your soul and the others each day.
I am grateful to all women and men
Who served our country and often
Made sacrifices huge and small.
I thank our military for them all.

Staff Sergeant Fitts you gave your life
And the hurt cut like a knife
For the family you left behind.
They prayed for your remains to find.
Many years later their prayers were heard,
Their grief indescribable by words.
One thing is true, though perhaps understated
Your sacrifice will always be greatly appreciated.


© May 30, 2004 by dansangel

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hello everyone. Have a pleasant Sunday, all.

MEMORIAL DAY.

We walked among the crosses
Where our fallen soldiers lay.
And listened to the bugle
As TAPS began to play.

The Chaplain led a prayer
We stood with heads bowed low.
And I thought of fallen comrades
I had known so long ago.

They came from every city
Across this fertile land.
That we might live in freedom.
They lie here 'neath the sand.

I felt a little guilty
My sacrifice was small.
I only lost a little time
But these men lost their all.

Now the services are over
For this Memorial Day.
To the names upon these crosses
I just want to say…

Thanks for what you've given
No one could ask for more.
May you rest with God in heaven
From now through evermore

~By C W J (C W Johnson)- May 1975~