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Let Us Remember (The Real Memorial Day) 05-30-02
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Posted on 05/30/2002 5:17:08 AM PDT by Billie
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To: Diver Dave
Hi, Dave. It was my pleasure adding you and Don to the thread. Twins are a bit unique by themselves, but twins who are serving their country at the same time are especially so.
I'm glad you like the other picture for your wife, too. :)
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posted on
05/30/2002 7:32:05 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Billie
This bronze statue of a frontier mother and her children is one of the first sights you see upon entering the cemetery on Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. It stands as a mute testimony to the hardships faced by the families of soldiers in the late 19th Century. It also symbolizes the sacrifices made by soldiers and their families as we enter and face the foes of a new century.
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posted on
05/30/2002 8:47:08 AM PDT
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HiJinx
To: Billie
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![](http://www.usmemorialday.org/unkwn2.jpg)
U.S. Memorial Day, May 30
"Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day.
No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day."
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In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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posted on
05/30/2002 8:48:09 AM PDT
by
ppaul
To: Billie
Beautifully done. Thank you. And thank you all who gave your all for me. RIP
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posted on
05/30/2002 8:49:26 AM PDT
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lodwick
To: Everyone
![](http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020526/capt.1022439917.memorial_day_pxg102.jpg)
Never Forget
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posted on
05/30/2002 8:56:02 AM PDT
by
lodwick
To: Billie
Hi Billie. Very nice Memorial Day tribute. You're right, it should've remained on the 30th, but I suppose there is nothing preventing each of us from honoring and remembering those who gave their lives any day(s) we want.
Did I actually said you were right? That might be a first. :-)
To: Everyone
Today's ceremony in NYC. The girder is removed.
![](http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20020530/i/1022771655.4026736724.jpg)
We will never forget.
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:08:19 AM PDT
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lodwick
To: HiJinx
That's a beautiful statute, J - thank you for posting it, and for the little bit of history behind it.
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:12:39 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: ppaul
Thank you, paul. I agree with you completely about changing the date. And I absolutely love "In Flanders Field".
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:14:24 AM PDT
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Billie
To: lodwick
Thank you, Jim. Thanks for a lot of things.
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:15:22 AM PDT
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Billie
To: The Thin Man
Did I actually said you were right? That might be a first. :-) I just wanna hug you. :)
(Oh, noooooooooooooooooooo)
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:16:56 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: lodwick
Two very nice graphics!
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:18:29 AM PDT
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Billie
To: Billie
Beautiful! We get two Memorial Days this year! YAY ! ![](http://help.microsoft.com/!data/en_us/data/messengerv46_msn.its51/$content$/wink_smile.gif)
Thanks..........
To: ppaul; Billie; lodwick; HiJinx; A Navy Vet
We Will Remember is the very least we can do for those whose lives we honor today.
With Gratitude and Rememberance...SALUTE!
To: MeeknMing
Hi, Meek! Only on FR do we get TWO Memorial Days! LOL
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:24:42 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Diver Dave
Some of the FReeper vets, as well as others who were not vets, who are no longer with us have had their names placed here........
Freeper Memorial Wall
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:42:41 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Billie
;-) It took me a while, but I finally found your tremendous thread. You are more than welcome for anything I can do, any time. JL
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:43:14 AM PDT
by
lodwick
To: lodwick
But I had your name in the "To:" part of one of my first posts. :) It should have shown in your Self-Search as posts to you. (Maybe you don't use the "My Comments" part for searching though?)
Anyway, thank you. :)
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:47:11 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Billie;All
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![The History of TAPS](http://www.ngl.org/assets/images/taps.gif)
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Listen to ``Taps" (400K WAV format
75K Real Audio) |
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The bugle call Taps had its origins on a battlefield of the Civil War. After the Union suffered a large number of casualties in a battle near Richmond, Virginia, Brigade Commander Colonel Daniel Butterfield reflected with sadness upon the men he had lost. Unable to compose music, he hummed a melody which his aide wrote down in musical notation. The company bugler played it that night to honor their dead comrades. It was officially recognized by the United States Army in 1874. Accompanied by the drumbeat, Muffled Ruffles, it is the highest honor given to those who have died in service to our country. |
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To: Billie
Guilty - I don't have the ping thing going on here. Perhaps I should check it out - I would never want to miss one of your masterpieces.
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posted on
05/30/2002 9:55:33 AM PDT
by
lodwick
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