[Alamo-Girl]

Sometimes a picture captures a memory like that for me, too! Did you have any dogs or cats growing up?

[JustAmy]

11-11-04
Graphic by Billie

Veteran’s Day

On Veteran’s Day, we celebrate,
In quiet moments, contemplate.
A holiday for civil workers,
Government folks, and other shirkers,

Ask them yourself, about the con,
“Are you essential?” Mais oui, non?
When evil storms blow into town,
The government offices all shut down.

So they’re off from work upon this day,
While all the Veterans still earn pay,
Having finished the job they were given to do.
They have different work now, that they must see through.

In trenches, on beaches, and planes in the air,
They went off to fight with scarcely a care,
At least so it seemed for they smiled all the while,
And they finished their work with admirable style.

Not once did they ask for much more than their smokes,
And they tell the old stories as if they were jokes,
Although we don't know what the day is about,
Today, while they work, they’re still sorting things out.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 9, 2004
© 2004

[TheGrimReaper]

A Veterans Day footnote

Just 2 weeks after receiving his high school diploma at Alief Elkins High School in Houston TX, Thomas Zapp joined the United States Marine Corps in June 2003.

Thomas was deployed to Iraq in late September 2004.

On Monday, November 8, 2004, Thomas was killed when an IED exploded under his Hummer in the Al Anbar province.

Just another reminder that freedom is not free.