~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

[Lady Jag]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sky painting: The northern lights flash above a covered bridge at Wilkinson Pioneer Park in Rock Falls, Iowa.

[GummyIII]

Just shipped 114+ lbs of "stuff" to the Proud Patriots!!! MoJo2001, they should be there by tomorrow evening, according to the UPS feller. I have pics of our kids packing all of it, but I don't have their permission yet to post them. If I get it, I'll post some of them tomorrow or over the weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Melvain St. George, right, originally of Haiti, holds up his hand as he takes the oath of allegiance to the U.S. at a naturalization ceremony held aboard the decommssioned aircraft carrier USS Midway Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004 in San Diego. Eighty sailors and marines from 25 countries were granted citizenship in a cermony held to commemorate Veterans Day. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

[Kathy in Alaska]

President Bush joins veterans, their families and friends Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

[Kathy in Alaska]

President Bush lays a wreath Thursday at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A military guard is posted at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.

[Smartass]

Thanks For The PING
God Bless America and Our Great Military

[Kathy in Alaska]

President Bush visits Army Spc. Kenneth Lukes, an Iowa National Guard soldier who lost his arm in Afghanistan, during a Nov. 9 visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Photo by Eric Draper

[Kathy in Alaska]

One Navy E-2C Hawkeye performs touch and go landings while another Hawkeye awaits taxi directions aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on Nov. 4, 2004. The Washington is conducting training off the east coast of the United States. The Hawkeyes are assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120. DoD photo by Airman Robert Brooks, U.S. Navy. (Released) Search

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome home! Did you get everything done today? Weather conditions? 4 legged report? How about a snack? *HUG*

[Soaring Feather]

WOW that's great!!! Those kids really went all out for our troops. Wonderful. Thanks for the update.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, TM, for the fresh coffee and inspiration for our troops. And thanks for your service to our grat countur.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thanks
Everything done
Nice weather
All critters home except run-a-muk
she is usually out all day

*HUG*

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

No Soup Report
Coast Guard base on Holiday schedule
End of no soup report

[Lady Jag]

[Kathy in Alaska]

*HUGS* A huge thank you to you and your students and your school for caring enough about our troops to do what needed to be done to get those 114+ lbs of "stuff" together and shipped. Lots of troops are going to have something special for the holidays, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, know that what they do is appreciated by those at home. This in spite of the worthless MSM.

Thank you, Gummy and your school!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Independent, is she? Comes and goes at will, knowing that Dad will be there to feed her and pet her? LOL!! *HUG*

[Kathy in Alaska]

IN FALLUJAH — U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Apache Troop, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, move tactically as they enter and clear an objective during Operation Al Fajr (New Dawn), in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Johancharles Van Boers

[Kathy in Alaska]

Fallen foe: Marines tend to a wounded insurgent in Fallujah