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Afternoon Billie and Company.

Went to our grandson's baseball game yesterday evening. The game was played on the campus of his Christian school.

A display called "Freedom Isn't Free" has been set up on one of the playing fields of the campus. It is a tribute to those heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the Iraq and Afganistan Wars.

Here's a couple of pictures taken from opposite ends of the field...

Each cross bears the name of a member of our military with the date they died. As I walked the rows tears began to flow. Some folks had place mementos on some of the crosses. One that stands out which I will always remember bore a simple message encased in a zip-lock bag. There are four crosses beside one another. The message tells of each one of these four soldiers... members of an EOD team. An explosion took their lives. The explosion was so violent, that only pieces of their bodies remained. The remains were gathered and placed in one casket and buried at Arlington. These men lived and fought as a team. They died as a team and are buried as a team.

Salute!.........two

Thank you, Dave. This is so very touching. I can understand how you felt seeing it in person. My friends and I talk today about “If we were raising children today, we would want them to go to a Christian school where they would have the freedom to say the ‘Pledge’ and say a ‘Prayer’. And especially to honor our American Heroes. The things they are teaching in regular schools today blows me away!

Thanks for letting us see the pictures and thank you for your service to our Country! God Bless You!

Evening, Dave. It’s so sad to see so many white crosses representing all those who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. The story of those 4 who fought as a team and died as a team and were buried as a team is especially sad. :(