FReeper Canteen ~ WW II Dedication and Memorial Day Weekend Music ~ May 29 2004

FR Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

~ MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MUSIC CELEBRATION ~
Please join us in the Canteen in our musical tribute and celebration to our Veterans, Active Duty, and their families. Please click on all the icons for music and lyrics to each song. (Not all songs will have lyrical links.) Thank you! God Bless each of you. Have a safe and fun weekend. (Songs will be removed Tuesday!)

* WARNING* "God" is mentioned quite frequently in many of our Patriotic songs below. If you have problems with these lyrics, may He feel justified to light a fire under thy ass to alleviate this issue.

Music Key:
- Lyrics
- Song

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
----Calvin Coolidge

 

~ Flag Salute ~
(Click on each flag)

 

I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.
------Henry James

 

The Star Spangled Banner	The Stars and Stripes Forever
God Bless The USA	Battle Hymn of The Republic
America The Beautiful	Dixie
Yankee Doodle Dandy	God Bless America by Kate Smith
You're A Grand Ole Flag	My Country Tis Of Thee (America)
The Bonnie Blue Flag	There's A Star Spangled Banner..

 

O beautiful for heroes prov'd
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life.
--- "America The Beautiful" Katherine Lee Bates (July 4, 1895)

 

Hail To The Chief	Over There
Rosie The Riveter	Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition
Who's Next? By FReeper Vetnet	I Want To Hear A Yankee Doodle...
Pledge Of Allegiance by Red	America, Why I Love Her
Taps by John Wayne	The Ballad Of The Green Beret
Ragged Old Flag	When Johnny Comes Marching..

 

The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
~Minot J. Savage

 

The Navy Hymn (Eternal Father)	Battle of New Orleans
Armed Forces Medley (Music)	Armed Forces Medley (Vocals)
Dog Faced Soldier	All American Soldier
This Is The Army, Mr. Jones	Blood On The Risers
Anchors Aweigh	Liberty Fanfare
This Land Is Your Land	Old Glory

 

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
~Thomas Dunn English

 

Land Of Hope and Glory (Instrumental)	The Stars and Stripes Forever (Ver 2)
Fanfare For The Common Man	Longest Day
Till Then	Army Air Force Heaven
Some Gave All	Have You Forgotten?
Where The Stars And Stripes And...	Fightin' Side Of Me
Courtesy Of The Red, White, and...	America by Neil Diamond

 

We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.
~Francis A. Walker

 

American Soldier	Taliban Song
Holy War	When I'm Gone
Amazed	I'm Already There
Only In America	Letters From Home
Tough Little Boys	Beer For My Horses
My Front Porch Looking In	My Town

 

Is't death to fall for Freedom's right?
He's dead alone who lacks her light!
~Thomas Campbell

 

Small Town	Iraq and Roll
American In Paris	1812 Overture
El Capitan	The Great Defenders
Will The Circle Be Unbroken	23rd Psalm
The Star Spangled Banner (Hendrix)	When The Saints Go Marching In
Born In The USA	American Pie

 

"Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Dream of battled fields no more.
Days of danger, nights of waking."

~Sir Walter Scott
 

 

Straighten Up and Fly Right	Shout and Feel It Count Basie
Sing, Sing, Sing	Colonel Bogey March
Guadalcanal March	G.I. Jive
Hit That Jive Jack	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
We The People (A Message!)	The Americans by Gordon Sinclair
Patriotic Medley	Swing The Mood (Mix)

 

On April 29, 2004, as a service and tribute to members of the World War II Generation, the National World War II Memorial opened for public viewing, exactly one month prior to the formal Dedication Ceremony taking place May 29, 2004. The World War II Memorial is the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during the Second World War. The memorial, established by the American Battle Monuments Commission, honors all military veterans of the war, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation's call to arms. The Second World War is the only 20th-century event commemorated on the Mall's central axis.
(from www.wwiimemorial.com)

Don't forget that you can watch the dedication today!! God Bless all of our Veterans & Active Duty!!!

 

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, MoJo. How's it going?

First off, let me join with everyone in a special tribute to all our veterans who hvae or are fighting on the battlelines for the freedoms we're enjoying and take so much for granted. Hopefully everyone will remember what this holiday is all about. It isn't just doing recreational stuff and having fun. It's also about honoring the memories of those who have fought in the wars past and present.

Secondly, today is promising to be a very active severe weather day in the plains. I would urge everyone planning activities to keep up with the weather today. Our area is included in the severe weather risk.

Finally, I'm entertaining guests. My brother and his son from Texas are up here to do some fishing. Fishing's good this time of year.

That's about all that's happening. What's up with you these days.:-D

[MoJo2001]

You are absolutely correct. I hope people take time to honor our Veterans and our Active Duty. If we didn't have so many brave heroes, we would not have the luxury of holidays.

Wow! Your brother is visiting. That's fabulous. Going noodling or is that a summer thing?? I really could go for some fried Catfish. Yummy!! With some hush puppies. Okay! Now I'm hungry!

You have a fabulous time with your family!! I'm so glad you have visitors.

We'll say a big prayer to God that the bad weather passes.

*HUGS*

Not much going on in Virginny with MoJo's family. Just trying to get some stuff done today!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Little Diva. *HUGS*

[TexasCowboy]

Thanks, radu.
I knew it was going to be a problem to load, but I couldn't shorten it.

I'm having my third.......fifth.....tenth.....or whatever, cup of coffee, and then I'm off to see the little punkin!

One of these days I'm going to put a video together of the Termite. I figure on his opening day playing linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys.

Got to run!
Y'all have a wonderful Memorial Day!

[MoJo2001]

Good morning Queenie!

MoJo's cooking some breakfast.

How are you today??

You doing anything exciting today?

If you have a chance, would you share some stories about the Veterans in your family? I think everyone would enjoy it. I know I've enjoyed hearing about your Uncle.

*HUGS*

[MoJo2001]

That was so awesome!!

Thank you for everything you do for our Troops and their families!

*SMOOCH*

You have a fabulous weekend, okay?

*HUGS*

[SandRat]

[johnb838]

I have a short statement:

To My Daddy, I Salute you for your service.

To My Mommy, I praise you for your sacrifices and your scrapbook for the boys who went and lived and died, which I recently received from my Aunt.

To Thy Whole Generation: Thank You. Thank you for what you did -- the greatest endeavor ever accomplished in the History of Mankind.

You are all passing now. Sleep, sleep, know that we'll be with you soon. We are sorry we turned away. We will reclaim this country. So Help Us God.

Thank you for creating this memorial. I understand now that you did not create it for yourselves, but for us and for those that come after. So that we might remember always that Freedom is NOT FREE. And that there are some things worth dying for. This is your final gift, your final lesson. Bless You.

Thank You for raising us to know that death comes eventually to all men, and that we can look forward to being swept up in the Arms of Jesus forever and ever. We are sorry we turned our backs. As General MacArthur said so long ago, We Have Returned. To Our Church, our Government, and Our Country.

Old Soldiers Never Die, They Only Fade Away. God Bless You All. Amen.

[TexasCowboy]

Thanks, MoJo!

I'm glad I caught your post before I walked out the door.
I'd have missed that smooch and hug!

I know those with telephone ISPs can't load that, but all it will cost you for a CD of it is your address. I'll be more than happy to send it to you.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THOSE WHO DEFEND HER!

[MoJo2001]

That is so sweet of you!

I've got a cable modem. It loaded up perfectly!

*HUGS*

Be good today.

[darkwing104]

Good Morning Canteen FReepers. I'am all rested up and ready to go. Thanks for the coffee.

Tonk Great thread

Ms FeatherHope everything is going well for you

Star Love the WooHoos

Fawn No

Lady Jag Thanks for the welcome back

Kathy Thanks for the coffee and kind words

Tomkow I been in a huge desert where the locals are in dire need of burkas...you could make a bundle...:-)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You for your tribute.

Welcome to the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I just posted the thread.

It was a Canteen production.

Thank You for your service to our country.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You for posting your tribute Brother.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Me?"

Yep...YOU.

MUD

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Hopefully everyone will remember what this holiday is all about. It isn't just doing recreational stuff and having fun. It's also about honoring the memories of those who have fought in the wars past and present."

Thank You for reminding us E.G.C.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Thank you for your daily visits to the Canteen!

[txradioguy]

Thought it might be interesting to point out that while we remember the soldiers of our contry's past...the Long Gray Line is graduating the soldiers of our future today (I think it's today).

Congratulations to the Class of 2004 @ West Point.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Congratulations to the Class of 2004 @ West Point"

I'm watching the history of the 7th Calvary on the History Channel as I type.

[Valin]

On this Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on May 29:
1627 Anne of Orléans duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)
1630 Charles II king of England (1660-85)
1730 William Jackson composer

1736 Patrick Henry US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"

1810 Erasmus Darwin Keyes Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1810 Solomon Meredith Brevet Major General (Union volunteers),died in 1875
1824 Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox Major General (Confederate Army)
1825 David Bell Birney Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1826 Ebenezer Butterick inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1827 Reuben Lindsay Walker Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1860 Isaac [Manuel F] Albéniz Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia)
1864 A H Borgesius Dutch amateur astronomer
1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton England, journalist/poet/critic/novelist (Man Who Made Gold)
1880 Oswald Spengler Germany, philosopher (Decline of the West)
1885 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich British astronomer
1894 Beatrice Lillie Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days)
1894 Josef von Sternberg Austrian director (Der blaue Engel)

1903 Bob Hope [Leslie Townes] Kent England, entertainer/comedian

1909 Neil R[onald] Jones US, sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds)
1916 Carl M Story fiddler

1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Brookline MA, (Senator-D-MA), 35th President (1961-1963)

1918 Herb Shriner humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show)
1932 Paul Erlich environmental scientist/nutcase
1938 Francis Thomas (Fay) Vincent baseball commissioner
1939 Al Unser auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
1939 Martin Garrod Commandant General Royal Marines
1942 Kevin Conway New York NY, actor (Sgt Kilrain- Gettsburg)
1949 Gary Brooker Essex England, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
1952 Louise Cooper UK, sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne)
1953 Danny Elfman Los Angeles CA, composer (Simspon Show Theme)
1955 John Hinckley Jr shot & wounded President Reagan in 1981
1956 LaToya Yvette Jackson Gary IN, singer (posed in Playboy, Millipede)
1960 Adrian Paul London England, actor (Dance to Win, Highlander)
1973 Tiffany M Sloan Orange County CA, playmate (October 1992)

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Deaths which occurred on May 29:
1453 Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
1500 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez) Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
1546 Cardinal Beaton English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
1593 John Penry English congressionalist, executed
1660 György Rákóczi II prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle
1829 Humphry Davy scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84
1892 Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri] Persian founder (Bahá'í), dies at 74
1934 Heihatjirô Tôjô Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies
1942 John Barrymore US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
1951 Fanny Brice Ziegfeld Girl(Funny Girl) (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
1970 John Gunther author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
1978 Bob Crane actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), killed at 49
1979 Mary Pickford actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86
1993 Billy Conn boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
1994 Erich Honecker President of German Democratic Republic (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81
1994 Ezra Taft Benson minister of Agriculture/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94
1994 Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer, dies at 61
1995 Margaret Chase Smith 1st woman Representative & Senator (R-ME), dies at 97
1996 James George "Jimmy" Rowles jazz pianist, dies at 77
1996 Jeremy Sinden actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45
1997 George Fenneman announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 GARNER JOHN H.---CHARLESTON HEIGHTS SC.
1972 MORROW LARRY K.---LOWELL NC.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
0526 Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
0757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II
1167 Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano
1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1630 Governor John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
1660 Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1727 Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia
1753 Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel" premieres

1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"

1787 "Virginia Plan" proposed
1790 Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state
1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"
1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
1884 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania
1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career homerun
1910 Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers

1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 mph (120 kph)

1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die
1916 New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game
1916 Official flag of President of US adopted
1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1919 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
1922 Ecuador becomes independent
1922 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1940 Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands
1940 In WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France
1942 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date
1943 Meat & cheese rationed in US
1944 British troops occupy Aprilia Italy
1945 US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
1949 Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair

1953 Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Mount Everest

1954 Kirk & Anne Douglas married
1954 Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
1957 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
1957 Laos Government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
1957 NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast
1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French Government
1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
1962 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"
1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' homerun out of Connie Mack Stadium
1967 Australian Paul McManus waterskis barefoot for 1:30:19
1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law
1968 UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
1973 Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles CA
1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
1976 "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
1976 Only homerun of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
1977 A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 (average speed of 161.331 mph) for a record 4th time
1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500
1977 NBC News & Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio
1977 Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
1978 1st class postage now 15¢ (13¢ for 3 years)
1979 Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM
1980 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
1980 Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan Jr, National Urban League president
1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
1982 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
1983 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 meters
1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
1985 Heysel Stadium Disaster - 39 die and 500 injured in rioting between British & Italians at European Cup soccer; English clubs banned from playing in European competition for five years
1986 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia
1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor Vic Morrow
1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan

1989 Student protesters in Tiananmen Square China construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty

1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic
1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
1993 Neo-Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North Sea
1997 Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka,7
2001 Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted in New York of a global conspiracy to murder Americans, including the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people.
2001 The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

England : Oak Apple Day/Nettle Day (1660)
Rhode Island : Ratification Day (1790)
Wisconsin : Admission Day (1848)
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868) (Monday)
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) (Monday)
Vail Colorado : BobFest
Freedom Shrine Month

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Religious Observances
Christian-Andorra : Our Lady of Canolic
old Roman Catholic : Feast of St Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi, virgin
Lutheran : Commemoration of Jiri Tranovsky, hymn writer
Bahá'í : Death (ascension) of prophet Bahá'u'lláh ('Azamat 7, 49)
Anglican, Roman Catholic : Ember Day

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Religious History
1453 Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Christianity from A.D. 324, fell to the Turks. The city afterward became the capital of the Ottoman Empire and was renamed Istanbul. Its conquest marked the end of the Middle Ages.
1698 Construction began on Old Swedes (Holy Trinity) Church in Wilmington, Delaware. The structure has been used continuously as a place of Christian worship ever since.
1774 Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'Lord, keep me from all the superfluity of dress, and from preaching empty stuff to please the ear, instead of changing the heart.'
1837 Birth of Charles W. Fry, the English musician who, along with his three sons, formed the first Salvation Army brass band. Fry also authored the hymn, "Lily of the Valley."
1944 German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: 'We are to find God in what we know, not in what we don't know; God wants us to realize His presence, not in unsolved problems, but in those that are solved.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools."

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Actual Newspaper Headlines...
Man Minus Ear Waives Hearing

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Why did the Chicken cross the Road...
Mr. T:
If you saw me coming you'd cross the road too!

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Dumb Laws...
Wisconsin:
You must manually flush all urinals in a building.

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A Cowboy's Guide to Life...
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance

[Lady Jag]

Good morning!