~FReeper Canteen~Veteran's Day~ Nov. 11, 2004~

November 11, 2004 | bentfeather and The Canteen Crew

[Soaring Feather]

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday
Thank the Veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces.

Veteran's Day

National Anthem

Grand Old Flag

On this day we Thank You Vets

for standing on the side of right.

For standing in the muddy trench

before the enemy of freedom.

For marching on the side of justice

to keep a nation free,

For standing in the line of fire,

to hold off oppression 

to hold a child not yours,

to build a school for those who have none

and to give a smile to anyone who needs one.

We Thank You Vets, for all you've done.

Wake Up Call

[Soaring Feather]

peanut gallery?? Well, I must say!!
Dedicated to The Canteen Nut, Tomkow!

[Laurita]

One for you, Ms. Feather.

[tomkow6]

 WHAT IS A VET?

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing
limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye.

Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a
bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg--or perhaps
another sort of inner steel: the soul's alloy forged in the
refinery of adversity.

Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept
America safe wear no badge or emblem.

You can't tell a vet just by looking.

What is a vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi
Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored
personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks,
whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times
in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the
38th parallel.

She -or he- is the nurse who fought against futility and went
to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another--

or didn't come back at all.

He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen
combat--but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy,
no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching
them to watch each other's backs.

He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons
and medals with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and
medals pass him by.

He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns,
whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever
preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor died
unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's
sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket--
palsied now and aggravatingly slow--who helped liberate a Nazi
death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still
alive to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being--a
person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the
service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so
others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness,
and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on
behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our
country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people
need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they
could have been awarded or were awarded.

To ALL my Brothers & Sisters:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE &

GOD BLESS YOU!


 

[stand watie]

CSMC, by DETACHMENT, PLATOON & COMPANY,

MEMORIAL SALUTE,

LOAD blanks,

FRONT ranks KNEEL,

READY, AIM, FIRE!

READY, AIM FIRE

READY, AIM, FIRE

RECOVER!

ALL of our veterans both living & departed to glory are REMEMBERED.

free dixie,sw

[Laurita]

Thanks, Tom.

[Soaring Feather]

Very lovely, thank you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you!!!

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Ma!

[Soaring Feather]

WHAT IS A VET

Thanks Tom.

I just had a nice gesture done for me. A Vet stopped by my home and hung my Flag out for me.

[tomkow6]

mine

[tomkow6]

.......see! They're all not crazy lke me!

[Kathy in Alaska]

ms b.....#50!!

[Fawnn]

Wednesday:
WVNan!!! #400!!!
mylife!!! #450!!!
Thursday:
Veterans!!! Hugs on Your Day!!!
Ms.B!!! #50!!!
Welcome Home, CheneyChick!!!
tomkow6!!! #100!!!



I'll have to finish catching up when I get home tonight. (It's Grandkids Day!!!)

Kathy: About 500 words and several Web pages. Finally got the meatballs baked.

HiJinx: Will it make the Italian in you cringe to know that I replaced some of the breadcrumbs with gingersnap crumbs? ;)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ms feather, for this wonderful tribute to our veterans. And thanks for the Canteen Blessing for the Troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Fantastic Pledge today. Thank you, Hope.

[Soaring Feather]

Morning, Ma!!

My pleasure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, darkwing, for doing your part in protecting us all these years. Just in case you need a break.....

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Laurita]

Good Morning!!!