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MEMORIAL DAY--Thread One--"Discussions With a One-Legged Man"
The Local Graveyard....and a 1 legged man | 05/24/04 | redrock repost

Posted on 05/22/2007 1:04:51 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska

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1 posted on 05/22/2007 1:04:56 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Awesome post - best of the day in my book...


2 posted on 05/22/2007 1:08:40 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Tradition is merely a group effort to prevent the unexpected)
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To: redrock; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; OneLoyalAmerican; bkwells; ...
redrock has asked me to post his seriesd of Memorial Day posts this year.

Thank you, redrock, for your service as an Army medic in Viet Nam.


3 posted on 05/22/2007 1:09:28 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

BTTT


4 posted on 05/22/2007 1:11:40 PM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: Kathy in Alaska; redrock
I was just thinking about these posts of redrocks this morning. It's become a part of my honoring the day.

Thanks for doing this!

5 posted on 05/22/2007 1:11:44 PM PDT by Molly Pitcher (We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*))
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To: Kathy in Alaska; redrock

Thank you Redrock and Kathy.


6 posted on 05/22/2007 1:13:43 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: everyone

“introduce them to new friends, who can no longer speak, except through us.” Beautifully said. A good thing to remember, and repeat, this weekend.


7 posted on 05/22/2007 1:21:18 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; redrock

I love redrock’s Memorial Day posts.... Thank you Kathy.


8 posted on 05/22/2007 1:21:35 PM PDT by StarCMC (Desperately seeking a new tagline. Say something pithy and I'll steal it. :-))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good deal.

Lots of action in DC coming uo this weeked.

Hot Dogs and Hamburgers outside WRAMC this Friday.

GOE 2 Saturday in in DC

Rolling Thunder Sunday

Memorial Day Parade where we counter the Deaniacs protesting the Iraqi Freedom


9 posted on 05/22/2007 1:26:32 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Jane Fonda was type cast in the movie "Klute")
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To: Kathy in Alaska
My son's Navy Sea Cadet unit at Memorial Day ceremonies at the National Cemetery in Marietta, last year -


10 posted on 05/22/2007 1:27:52 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Thanks....this is a repost of one that redrock posted in 2004. He is sorry he couldn’t be here to share.


11 posted on 05/22/2007 1:35:14 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Awesome message.


12 posted on 05/22/2007 1:37:16 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; redrock

An FR tradition.....thank you!


13 posted on 05/22/2007 1:37:59 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: Molly Pitcher

You’re welcome....this is a repost of one that redrock posted in 2004. He is sorry he couldn’t be here to share.


14 posted on 05/22/2007 1:38:20 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; redrock

Thank you for posting this.


15 posted on 05/22/2007 1:43:37 PM PDT by good old days
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Great post—thank you for posting!


16 posted on 05/22/2007 1:52:44 PM PDT by gunnyg
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thank you for that touching reminder. I will be sending it to my friends so I can share the meaning of Memorial Day.

God bless our troops and may he watch over them and their families.


17 posted on 05/22/2007 1:55:31 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Kathy in Alaska

thanks for the ping, Kathy! ((hug))


18 posted on 05/22/2007 2:03:53 PM PDT by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you to all our fine members of the U.S. Military.
This Memorial Day weekend we remember you
and your sacrifices on our behalf.

Most sincerely yours,
A grateful nation

19 posted on 05/22/2007 2:05:42 PM PDT by shezza (WWRD?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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20 posted on 05/22/2007 2:11:09 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 ... Go ahead, look it up!)
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