USO Canteen FReeper Style Liberty R&R Iowa .... November 9,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and 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 

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Thank you Aeronaut for flying
The USO Canteen FReeper Style
To Iowa today for our Liberty R&R

Iowans transformed fertile prairies into
the world's most productive farmland.

Iowa's State Capitol is a century-old building
featuring a 275-foot gold-leafed dome flanked
by four smaller domes, a grand staircase and
beautiful woodwork. Its grounds include
monuments commemorating war veterans,
including a new WWII memorial and
Wall of Memories

Downtown Des Moines, located on the
beautiful Des Moines River, is the central
hub of the city and features every kind of
entertainment imaginable, including
shopping, restaurants, music and sporting events.

Experience the Old World charm and tradition
of Holland at Pella's annual Tulip Time Festival.
See windmills and acres of tulips; taste Dutch
letter pastries; watch Klokkenspel, the animated
musical; and stroll through courtyards and sunken gardens

Visit six historic covered bridges scattered
across the countryside, all listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Feel
the romance surrounding the bridges

The mighty Mississippi River forms the
entire eastern border of Iowa and draws
thousands of tourists each year for festivals,
riverboat excursions, and many other activities
honoring this great river.

Designed in 1917 and officially adopted in 1921,
the state flag of Iowa contains an eagle carrying
the state motto, "Our liberties we prize, and
our rights we will maintain."

The flower, the Wild Rose blooms in shades
of pink and was chosen as an Iowa symbol in
1897 because it decorated the silver service
Iowans presented that year to the battleship USS Iowa.

The Great Seal of Iowa pictures a citizen soldier
standing in a wheat field surrounded by farming
and industrial tools, with the Mississippi River in
the background. An eagle overhead bears
the state motto.

The following were all born in Iowa,
lived in Iowa or attended school in Iowa.

Don Ameche (Dubuque) – Actor

Tom Arnold (Ottumwa) - Comedian, Writer, Actor

Terry Bradshaw (Comanche) - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback

Everly Brothers (Shenandoah) – Singers

Johnny Carson (Corning) - Talk show host

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (LeClaire) - Pioneer scout

Herbert Hoover (West Branch) -
31st President of the United States;
first president born west of the Mississippi

Amelia Earhart (Des Moines) -
First woman to cross the Atlantic
Ocean in a plane; first woman to
fly solo across the Atlantic; first
woman to fly solo between Hawaii
and California; first woman to fly
solo across the continental U.S.

Wyatt Earp (Pella) - U.S Marshall

Mamie Doud Eisenhower (Boone) -
First Lady from 1953-1961 Bob Feller (Van Meter) - Pitched for
the Cleveland Indians from 1936-1956

Fred Grandy (Sioux City) - Actor,congressman

Cary Grant (Davenport) - Actor

Marion Robert Morrison aka
John Wayne (Winterset) - Actor

Glenn Miller (Clarinda) – Trombonist
and orchestra leader

Nick Nolte (Waterloo) - Actor, attended
grade school in Ames Ronald Reagan (Des Moines) – President

Harry Reasoner (Des Moines) -
News anchor for 60 Minutes

Mark Twain (Muscatine) - Author/Humorist

Gene Wilder (Iowa City) - Actor,
attended University of Iowa

Grant Wood (Anamosa) - Artist

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John Wayne was born in the Iowa town of Winterset

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What are your favorite John Wayne movies?

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. . . Tribute To HEROES . While the dogtag is used to provide information on an individual serviceman, I also believe that the chain which holds them represents a connection to all servicemen, no matter where you served, how you served or when you served. . The Minuteman in 1776 has a connection to the soldier fighting in Afghanistan today. That connection is every individual who has ever served in the United States Military. Each of us represents a link in the chain that connects that Minuteman of over 200 years ago to the soldier in Afghanistan today. SAMWolf . . Tribute to Vietnam Veterans Please click on picture. . The great intangible of America's wars beyond logistics, beyond strategy, beyond wonder weapons and Generals, is the spiritual force of its fighting men and women - and that is the force that the USO so serves. Free Republic....Click for Donations . Partners . .To Jim Robinson, Founder of FRee Republic and Navy Veteran Thank you, from all those who frequent the FReeper Canteen .

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[JohnHuang2]

Morning =^)

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Thank you for your wonderful support of the USO Canteen FReeper Style, the troops and their families.Thank you Veterans.

[JohnHuang2]

[Snow Bunny]

Hi John, happy Saturday to you my friend.
((((( hug )))))

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Bunny. Transportation is here.

[Aeronaut]

Hi John.

[JohnHuang2]

Happy-Saturday-back-at-ya, friend!

[Snow Bunny]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

[JohnHuang2]

Morning, friend

[Snow Bunny]

Written by David K.
aka Johnny Gage
In Honor of the fallen unknown:

There are soldiers in many places 
For some, we're allowed to see their faces 
For others, are required to stay hidden 
and do the orders that they are bidden. 

If a known, brave soul's life comes to pass 
we're told who he is and that he's home at last 
If a hidden one dies while he's doing the plan 
he's known only to his family and not the average man. 

He's on a covert mission, so we are told 
He died a soldiers way, and his life was bold 
He's a hero to us, in each and every way, 
because he died protecting the U.S. of A.

October 29th, 2002

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Poor is the nation that has no heroes.
Shameful is the one that, having heroes - Forgets them!
from a monument on the Davis Bridge Battlefield, Bolivar,Tn.

We support our Canadian troops, our friends fighting the enemy with us.
Operation APOLLO is Canada's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism.

Sergeant Kory Fisher of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) Battle Group

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A U.S. Marine does his laundry next to a bullet-ridden wall of the Marine compound dubbed "Camp Rhino" in southern Afghanistan

Individuals may donate $25 which goes toward sponsorship of a
"Operation USO Care Package"
Personal greetings may be included on a
note from you titled "Operation USO Care Package"
Right click on card below,print out and send with your $25.00

USO of Metropolitan Washington
Operation USO Care Package
PO Box 10835
Arlington, VA 22210

For further information (1-866-USO-GIVE)

"Operation USO Care Package
will continue for as long as our
country is at war," according to Elaine Rogers, USO-Metro President.

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CLICK HERE to find the latest A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos)Thank you Rintense so much.