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Memorial Day
MEMORIAL DAY, Remembering Our Fallen Heroes
Cooking With Carlo ^
| May 23 2003
| Carlo3b
Posted on 05/23/2003 5:02:23 PM PDT by carlo3b
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To: fightu4it
We will be remembering our fallen brothers and sisters all this coming week. Let's make it a Memorial Week starting on Monday and continuing through Friday. And espeically for those families who lost their loved ones in Iraq and on 9/11. Let us never forget that freedom is not free. Semper Fi
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:32:42 PM PDT
by
kellynla
("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div VIet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
To: carlo3b
In Flanders Field
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
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.
-Captain John D. McCrae
Thank You for the ping Carlo, God Bless All.
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posted on
05/23/2003 7:55:24 PM PDT
by
deadhead
(God Bless Our Troops and Veterans)
To: carlo3b
Thanks so much for your post, Carlo. That was beautiful!
To: Victoria Delsoul
Great graphic, Victoria.
Wen I was down in Virginia a couple of weekends ago I took one of my Canadian friends to see all the monuments in D.C. He really wanted to see that Vietnam War Memorial.
To: SAMWolf
Thanks for the ping, Sam.
To: Alberta's Child
The Vietnam War Memorial is a powerful monument, indeed.
To: Victoria Delsoul
Always Remember
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posted on
05/23/2003 8:57:57 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(The cost of feathers has risen. Now even down is up!)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Have you ever seen the memorial up close?
I wasn't able to figure out how the names are arranged on it (this was one of the questions that the Canadian guy asked me) -- some of them seem like they are in alphabetical order, but then in some places on the same panel they'll start all over again at the letter "A."
To: SAMWolf
Always Remember I will always remember.
To: Alberta's Child; SAMWolf
Have you ever seen the memorial up close? I wasn't able to figure out how the names are arranged on it.
Yes, I know what you mean. Maybe Sam can help us about that. Sam, see post # 48.
To: Victoria Delsoul; Alberta's Child
They are in chronological order, according to the date of casualty within each day, the names are alphabetized. For the dead, the date of casualty is the date they were wounded (received in combat) or injured (received in an accident); for the missing, the date they were reported to be missing.
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:21:19 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(The cost of feathers has risen. Now even down is up!)
To: SAMWolf
Oh, I see. Thanks so much for the info, Sam.
To: MotleyGirl70
Thank you, we will not forget... and it is our duty to teach the young, why they are fortunate enough to be free.
53
posted on
05/23/2003 9:24:52 PM PDT
by
carlo3b
(http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com)
To: Victoria Delsoul
You're welcome. It also starts in the middle of the memorial goes to the left and then ends in the middle.
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:27:00 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(The cost of feathers has risen. Now even down is up!)
To: tubebender
Our prayers will be adding Marine Capt. Andrew La Mont, to it's growing list..bless and keep you my dear friend.
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:28:34 PM PDT
by
carlo3b
(http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com)
To: SAMWolf; Victoria Delsoul
That explains it -- thanks a million.
I guess the wall is divided into two main sections -- everything up to 1969 on one side and everything up to 1975 on the other? I seem to remember seeing those two years posted at the right-hand side of each section.
My Canadian friend wondered why I was so subdued while we were there -- he asked if I knew anyone whose name was on the wall.
I told him I was subdued because as an American with a bit of historical perspective I was too cynical to spend much time there in the right frame of mind. In my opinion, a more appropriate Vietnam War "memorial" would have had statues of Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara in a hollow pit in the ground -- and visitors would be invited on a daily basis to bury them in crap up to their armpits.
To: Aquamarine
The least we can do is give a moment in memory of those who gave a lifetime for us.I agree, it is the very least we should do, ....have a great weekend.
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:31:17 PM PDT
by
carlo3b
(http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com)
To: Alberta's Child
I like your idea. I've only seen the traveling Wall, never been to DC. Even the traveling wall chokes one up.
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:32:33 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(The cost of feathers has risen. Now even down is up!)
To: Flyer
MY FLAGS WILL INDEED BE FLYING..HIGH.. thanks my friend, see you soon.
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:32:50 PM PDT
by
carlo3b
(http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com)
To: Alberta's Child
and visitors would be invited on a daily basis to bury them in crap up to their armpits. LOL, a light touch to a somber moment.
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