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Posted on 04/30/2009 10:03:17 PM PDT by JustAmy
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Thank you, Majie. Touching graphic.
Thank you for another ODB, Mayor.
Remember our fallen heroes, today and everyday.
Lori, what beautiful words by you, Edgar Guest and our Pledge of Allegience.
I remember so clearly the day I visited The Wall, so I can imagine how Diver Dave must be feeling at that moment.
(Are those peonies in your front yard? They are so beautifuil.)
Thank you.
Amy, your graphics are so heart-felt today. Thank you.
Thank you for this, Jaycee.
Thank you for sharing this, LadyJ.
JC, thank you for such powerful graphics.
LJ, my heart is touched deeply. Thank you for your inspiring graphics today.
Thank you, Yorkie.
I’ve been digging through my files today.
I have another post that I’m hoping to get finished before leaving for the cemeteries.
"I have no illusions about what little I can add now to the silent testimony of those who gave their lives willingly for their country.
Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in silence and remembers those who were loved and who, in return, loved their countrymen enough to die for them.
Yet, we must try to honor them -- not for their sakes alone, but for our own. And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice.
Our first obligation to them and ourselves is plain enough: The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper." --Ronald Reagan
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Lamh Foistenach Abu!
More Americans should take a few minutes during their cookouts to remember the meaning of their 3-day weekend. And that they wouldn’t be having it without the selfless sacrifice of so many brave American soldiers.
Yesterday I put flowers on my husband’s grave and then went to the other side of the cemetary (in car) and decorated my Mom and Dad’s grave. I put an American flag on each with the flowers. I used red carnations with daisies for both!
Thank you so much Conor. My husband was a recipient of two Purple Hearts and The Navy Cross. He would have considered it an honor to meet you. Semper Fi, Sir!
Oh, this is a really touching graphic, yorkie.
A couple of weeks ago I read that a city in MA canceled the Memorial Day parade due to budgetary constraints.
I was suprised to realize how mad I felt about it. Surely you can imagine how that significantly increased this day’s importance to me.
I wasn’t the only one the news got a rise out of and somehow the parade came off as scheduled.
It sure was a good one, Lady! There are so many. There is one by one of our President’s, maybe many, many years ago and I haven’t done a search for it. Part of it “When we stop being a Nation under God”....and I forget the rest. In my memory, I think it was a long ago President.
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