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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hmmmmmm.........smores sound really good tonight, please. We could toast the marshmallows in the fireplace. Have you turned your clocks back yet? I turned my watch back already and it is really bugging me every time I look at it. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

From MoJo2001......God bless our allies!

I can't find a Taiwan flag that matches. Help!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yes! Go Israel, bust them all. Thanks Seven for keeping us updated.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Hi all! Just getting here tonight - wanted to say hello and congratulate Linda on her successful jump! Awesome!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey Duchess, good to see you tonight. Are we up to snuff yet? We're bumper boating again tonight. Tonkin was able to book them again. Cool, huh?

[RadioAstronomer]

Hi I am Back! Whoohooo! Cool pic! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi Starman, did you have a good visit with friends today?

[RadioAstronomer]

Hmmmm. I like Coke LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I love the Monster Mash. It's cute.

[RadioAstronomer]

Nice visit and I bought some new CDs. :-)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Feeling much better today, Kathy - thank you! I think all the bumper boating must be clearing out my sinuses. : )

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

[Raised eyebrows.] Heheheh. : )

[Kathy in Alaska]

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Hi there - long time no see!

[RadioAstronomer]

LOL!!!!! WOW cute pic

[RadioAstronomer]

Hi! :-)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Thanks for the great troops-in-action shots, Sam. Great, as usual.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Try and stay dry. We don't want you catching a chill. LOL! But I will remember that you have that super duper hair dryer and can be dry in no time.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Any idea what we're riding in tomorrow? A carriage? A limo? Does Tonkin hint in advance?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Do we get to hear what the new CDs are?