USO Canteen FReeper Style Liberty R&R to Arkansas .... October 26,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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This is how I think of the USO Canteen 
Freeper Style. It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night. 

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too. 
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of 
place that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, 
a library, etc. 

Many Veterans have written to me, 
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they 
served. 

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy 
and sometimes troubling world. 
Make yourself at home.

Snow Bunny

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, 
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their  
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank 
them. 

Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper 
Style, are thankful for every service member 
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
In both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

John McCrae 

CASUAL SATURDAY AT THE CANTEEN

Liberty commences at the beginning of today's
FReeper USO Canteen thread
and, depending on your division assignment,
expires when the new thread for Sunday is posted.

***** A special invitation to our troops and Veterans
to join us in today's cyber trip. *****

Arkansas

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

The State that brought us a President

Application to Live in Arkansas

Mt. Magazine

Falling Water Falls, Ozarks

Pumpkin Hollow, Piggot

Sam's Throne, Ozark National Forest

Toad Suck Daze

Long ago, steamboats traveled the
Arkansas River when the water was
at the right depth. When it wasn't, the
captains and their crew tied up to wait
where the Toad Suck Lock and Dam now
spans the river.

While they waited, they refreshed themselves
at the local tavern there, to the dismay of the
folks living nearby, who said: "They suck on
the bottle 'til they swell up like toads." Hence,
the name Toad Suck. The tavern is long gone,
but the legend and fun live on at Toad Suck Daze.

Conway Twitty brought fame to Arkansas

Wagon Wheel, Ozarks

State Flower Apple Blossom

Sugar Loaf Mountain as seen from the Little Red River

DeGray Lake Resort State Park

[MoJo2001]

Good evening, Diva!! Hope you had a great day!! Thank you so much for the Canteen. It's such an honor to be here!

[MoJo2001]

God Bless our Canadian, British, Aussie, Kiwi, and Israeli allies!! Without you, we would have to do it alone. Thank you for standing tall for us!! Also, God Bless our Taiwanese Allies!! May God protect your country from the evil that is CHINA!

[MoJo2001]

You are soooo funny!! I hope you have your "HONEY DO" list done today!! Thank you for sharing laughs for all our troops!! *HUGS*

[MoJo2001]

WOOHOO!! How awesome is that graphic!! Woohoo!! I'm so glad you made it home safely. I prayed all day that you would be okay! Goodness! I feel about 10 years younger now. *HUGS*

[SAMWolf]

YOu going to be able to keep this up everyday?

[RadioAstronomer]

Hi Sam! :-) (I am really getting off) LOL See you in a while.

[SAMWolf]

Do we get details?

[RadioAstronomer]

Good evening :-)

[MoJo2001]

Wonderful to see you, Starman!! Woohoo!! How've you been??

[RadioAstronomer]

Hi! LOL, I really have to run, I have friends waiting. I am doing well. :-)) GLad to see you are too. I will be on later!

[MoJo2001]

I'm going to try!! I've gotten lots of help thanks to coteblanche. She actually put together the layout. Isn't it awesome? I love it!! Thank you, coteblanche! I also received supportive and unconditional help from LindaSOG. Thank you, Linda and coteblanche for helping me out. That is such a generous gift for two people who are extremely busy. *HUGS*

Oh!! LOL! How are you today, Sam?? I hope you are doing well!!

[MoJo2001]

Thank you so much, Ma!! I hope to light a candle everyday until he comes home!! God Bless Ted Maher and his family. WE WILL OVERCOME!!

[SAMWolf]

Lat I checked I still have most of my body parts and I'm still breathing, so I guess I'm ok. LOL!

[MoJo2001]

Woohoo!! That's something to be very thankful for!! It's cold here..Brrrrrrrr!! I'm eating fajitas and even that isn't warming me up!! Brrrrr

[Dakmar]

We don't have Daylight Savings in Indiana. May I sell you a stolen late-model Buick?

[Dakmar]

I'm eating fajitas and even that isn't warming me up!!

Try some Tapatillia sause.

[Dakmar]

er, sauce, I meant.

[MoJo2001]

Howdy, Dakmar!! LOL! That's way tooooo hot for me!!