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USO Canteen FReeper Style Liberty R&R to Arkansas .... October 26,2002
FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

Posted on 10/26/2002 12:02:43 AM PDT by 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


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KEYWORDS: monacofreetedmaher; usocanteen
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To: LindaSOG
NO, Goddess!! You missed your calling. Instead, you work for George. Not even the cool one in the White House!! LOL! You need to leave that place and runaway to say..VIRGINIA!! LOL!
181 posted on 10/26/2002 6:57:46 PM PDT by MoJo2001
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To: Budge
Budge, come and join the USO Canteen FReeper Style as we go on liberty to Arkansas today.
182 posted on 10/26/2002 6:59:52 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: coteblanche
This is so neat what you made for Linda today and her jump. WOW ! I love it Cote!
183 posted on 10/26/2002 7:02:48 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
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To: Snow Bunny; Kathy in Alaska; coteblanche; SK1 Thurman; AntiJen; radu; MoJo2001; ...

184 posted on 10/26/2002 7:03:21 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: leadpenny; MoJo2001
Patsy Cline was such a talent and lost so young. Maybe we can get some Patsy Cline music? Hint, hint!
185 posted on 10/26/2002 7:05:37 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: MoJo2001
MOJO, I love what you are doing so much. What a fabulous idea this hot off the presses is! Thank you sooooo much. I just finished reading it. LOVE it !!!!!!!

(((((((((((((((((((((((( hug )))))))))))))))))))))

186 posted on 10/26/2002 7:06:27 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks also to you- have a great weekend.
187 posted on 10/26/2002 7:07:49 PM PDT by herewego
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
I love it Tonkin and this is a perfect night for a nice fire. I love the smell of the wood burning like that.
Thank you so much.
189 posted on 10/26/2002 7:09:20 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
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To: LindaSOG
"Today I turned a dream into a reality and along the way I felt fear, the kind of paralysing fear that stops your heart for moment. I faced my fear, I allowed it to pass over me & through me. Where there once was fear, now there is nothing. Only I remain. Strong. Proud. Free."

I am so proud of you!
*HUG*
190 posted on 10/26/2002 7:09:24 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All
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191 posted on 10/26/2002 7:09:56 PM PDT by GooberDoll
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; LindaSOG; coteblanche; Snow Bunny; radu; Kathy in Alaska; All
Nestle around the fireplace and Click the graphic!!


192 posted on 10/26/2002 7:10:15 PM PDT by MoJo2001
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To: LindaSOG
More great history, except for hitlery, Linda.

Sha'alu shalom Yerushalayim

193 posted on 10/26/2002 7:10:45 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska; leadpenny
Ma! I was just thinking. How about I play some Patsy Cline for you and leadpenny? Wouldn't that be grand? LOL!
194 posted on 10/26/2002 7:11:39 PM PDT by MoJo2001
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To: 4TheFlag
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195 posted on 10/26/2002 7:12:42 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: Kathy in Alaska; leadpenny; MoJo2001; SAMWolf; LindaSOG; BringingUpPatriots
Patsy Cline was fantastic. I am glad you like her too.

Now where did I put my records.
197 posted on 10/26/2002 7:14:19 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
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To: Snow Bunny
*HUG*
198 posted on 10/26/2002 7:15:40 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: Kathy in Alaska; leadpenny
<====Click On Patsy

199 posted on 10/26/2002 7:16:16 PM PDT by MoJo2001
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To: GooberDoll
Hi GooberDoll, good to see you.
(((( hug ))))
200 posted on 10/26/2002 7:17:25 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
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