Americans Asked to Stop for 60 Seconds to Remember Heroes

Rudi Williams

[lainde]

bttt

[Tennessee_Bob]

Link to the National Moment of Rememberance - with the songs in MP3 format, plus lyrics.

[Tennessee_Bob]

dang - song got to me - forgot the link


http://remember.gov/moment/on_this_day.cfm

[Tennessee_Bob]

Thanks, Marine.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[redrock]

I have often wondered just what type of Nation we would be if we actually took the ENTIRE Memorial Day...and did nothing but say 'Thank You' to those who served.

No work....No play...just honouring those who the day is set aside for.

But...60 seconds will do just fine as a start.

redrock

[Taxman]

Thanks for the ping, Tonk.

60 seconds of silence on Monday at 1500! Will do!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Say it again. It's worth repeating.

[Carcharodon]

We do it in Australia too. I'm really surprised that its not the custom in the US.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

thanks for the ping

[RottiBiz]

Wonderful post, armywife.

Thanks for the ping, Tonk.

With so many Memorial Day sales going on, I would hope that all stores will make a loudspeaker announcement that a moment of silence is being observed to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in battle, and for all the men and women who serve today and who have previously served.

We owe them so much. I pray for them every day of my life.

[glock rocks]

BTTT!

[mystery-ak]

Lest We Forget.......bump

[RaceBannon]

I aint no hero!

All I did was show up!

I'll ping the heroes I know here!

[Soaring Feather]

[RaceBannon]

CALL TODAY FIRST!

In Ct, you CANNOT just go walk in to do such things, you have to clear it with the hospital first

[tubebender]

Thanks for the Post. The number of local WWII Veterans passing each week here in Eureka Ca is stunning as Humboldt county has a population of 126,000. My long time friend George V. passed away Tuesday morning. George was a baker in the Navy during the war. My two brothers and one sister served as did my two brother-in-laws...

[Vic3O3]

ping.

[Colt .45]

As a brother veteran, you know as well as I who the heroes really are! The ones who never made it home.

I want to quote some things said about past wars here, so that all who inhabit this forum should realize the sacrifices American soldiers and sailors have paid for our freedom.

About the WW2 generation - "That spirit-we can do it, we can rebuild Europe and hold back the Red Army and avoid WW3- was the great gift of the New World to the Old World in the twentieth century. America paid for that gift with the lives of some of its best young men. When I read the letters from the veterans I'm almost always impressed by their brief accounts of what they did with their lives after the war. They had successful careers, they were good citizens and family men, and many of them made great contributions to their society, their country, and the world. Then I think about all those junior officers and NCOs who got killed in such appalling numbers.

These men were natural leaders. They died one by one. Of each of them, I wonder, What life was cut off here? A genius? Is it possible to imagine what he might have invented; we do know that his loss was our loss. A budding politician? Where might he have led us? A builder? A teacher? A scholar? A novelist? A musician? I sometimes think the prce we pay for war is what might've been."

Lt. Waverly Wray comes to mind. So do Capt. Anthony Stefanich and Lt. Col. Robert Cole and so many others, gone long before their time, their death depriving us of the gift of their lives. When they tolled the bell for Wray, Stefanich, Cole, and the hundreds of their buddies who went down, that bell tolled for all of us." - "Citizen Soldiers" by Stephen Ambrose

And this from a brother Vietnam Veteran - Jack D. Jacobs, a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions as an Army Officer in Vietnam. "In the past, many people didn't pay attention on Memorial Day, this year I believe they will. I'll be thinking about the kids who are fighting in Iraq." He says that he'll also be thinking about friends he lost in Vietnam. "They were kids too. They all had promise. They all had aspirations. It was not to be. They died so that we Americans can live our lives as we want. To honor their sacrifice, all of us have the obligation to preserve our freedoms and comport ourselves as custodians of a precious legacy."

[Feiny]

Thanks, I will call today.