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Bakersfield's Valley Baptist Church honors fallen heroes in the war on terror.
Bakersfield Californian
| May 26, 2003
| tame, Steve Swenson
Posted on 05/26/2003 4:13:02 AM PDT by tame
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:13:03 AM PDT
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tame
To: Jim Robinson; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; gracie1; notpoliticallycorewrecked
This service was beautiful. Wish you could have come from Fresno:-p)
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:14:59 AM PDT
by
tame
(Give it up? Okay, here it is:-))
To: Tiffany; Cordova Belle; P-Marlowe; drstevej; Dr. Eckleburg
Beautiful fellowship!
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:17:42 AM PDT
by
tame
(Don't blame my High School. It's the Aspartame!)
To: MHGinTN; Cool Guy; ladyinred; CounterCounterCulture; exmarine; All
Beautiful!
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:21:05 AM PDT
by
tame
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To: desertdog; snippy_about_it; Howlin; Luis Gonzalez; RedWing9; GeronL; b4its2late
This service was beautiful as the hero's widow relates...
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:26:05 AM PDT
by
tame
(Give it up? Okay, here it is:-))
To: tame
Wonderful. I hope services like this are going on throughout our great land this weekend. Thanks for the ping.
To: SAMWolf; Reaganwuzthebest; weldgophardline; Mon; AZ Flyboy; feinswinesuksass; Michael121; ...
Read about this beautiful memorial service and the words from a widow of a fallen hero in the war on terror.
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:30:55 AM PDT
by
tame
(Give it up? Okay, here it is:-))
To: snippy_about_it
My pleasure:-)
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:31:47 AM PDT
by
tame
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To: All
Oops...I forgot to mention that a soldier in uniform from each branch of the military walked up on the platform while the song from that branch played. Any vet from that branch was welcmomed to stand while their song played.
Also, at the end of the service there was a taped message from Ollie North to Valley Baptist, and then an offering was taken for Ollie North's Freedom Alliance Fund (for fallen heroes).
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:38:52 AM PDT
by
tame
(Don't blame my High School. It's the Aspartame!)
To: truthtracker
here you go, mom:-)
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:54:51 AM PDT
by
tame
(Don't blame my High School. It's the Aspartame!)
To: tame
Thank-you for the link to this post. It's wonderful to know that there are so many that are willing to remember our fallen heroes.
Have a Blessed day!
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posted on
05/26/2003 5:21:48 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: dansangel
To fallen soldiers let us sing
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord
No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
Just divine embrace, eternal light
In the Mansions of the Lord
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
Through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord.
*********
Just so you will know, "The Mansions of The Lord" was first used at the end of the splendid Mel Gibson film "We Were Soldiers." If you have NOT seen it, I urge you to do so. It will be a very emotional experience.
Perhaps this paricular story of the valor and sacrifice of American fighting men touched me so because I was training kids to be combat engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Va between 1962 to 1966. Many of them wound up in Vietnam. Some of them found their way to The Wall (which I STILL cannot bring myself to visit).
Director Randall Wallace and Music Director Nick Glennie-Smith searched for the US Army counterpart to the beautiful and haunting "Navy Hymn" (which, because I was at the Kennedy funeral, STILL rings in my ears) and could not find one. So they WROTE "Mansions" and use it (sung by the West Point Glee Club) as the credits roll. The melody is used during the film as well, but the audience at the screening I attended sat motionless as the credits ran – and words and music enveloped us.
I shall probably watch my DVD version of it today. And I will again be moved to tears...
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posted on
05/26/2003 5:24:25 AM PDT
by
Dick Bachert
(Whom God would destroy, He first makes insane.)
To: Dick Bachert
Very moving words and your movie selection is spot on. Please come by and read about Ssgt Richard A. Fitts
Over Here who was one of many fallen heroes from the Viet Nam war.
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posted on
05/26/2003 5:28:43 AM PDT
by
dansangel
(America - love it, support it or LEAVE it!)
To: Dick Bachert
Just so you will know, "The Mansions of The Lord" was first used at the end of the splendid Mel Gibson film "We Were Soldiers." If you have NOT seen it, I urge you to do so. It will be a very emotional experience. It was a GREAT movie. I loved the extra features on the DVD, too!
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posted on
05/26/2003 5:29:41 AM PDT
by
tame
(Don't blame my High School. It's the Aspartame!)
To: dansangel
Thank-you for the link to this post. It's wonderful to know that there are so many that are willing to remember our fallen heroes. Have a Blessed day!
Thank you! I really wish you all could have been there. It was really moving We also sang "God Bless the U.S.A.".
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posted on
05/26/2003 5:31:07 AM PDT
by
tame
(Don't blame my High School. It's the Aspartame!)
To: tame; All
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posted on
05/26/2003 6:21:47 AM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
(Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 www.LZXRAY.com..)
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thanks for the link, Ronnie! Long time no see. Aloha:-)
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posted on
05/26/2003 6:30:09 AM PDT
by
tame
(Yer...Yer shrunk!)
To: tame
What a blessing, tame. I hope many churches throughout the USA honored our wonderfully brave and honorable military :o)
To: tame
Thank you for sharing this, tame. It's awesome to see the troops being so warmly received by grateful communities, to see Vietnam Vets included in the welcome home celebrations- getting overdue welcome homes themselves, and reaching out to welcome the new generation of veterans.
Dod News:
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posted on
05/26/2003 7:34:06 AM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Our men and women in uniform have won for us every hour that we live in freedom." - Pres. Bush)
To: tame; Victoria Delsoul; snippy_about_it; AntiJen
Thanks tame. I'm gonna have wet eyes most of the day.
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posted on
05/26/2003 7:50:45 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("They are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind" - Hugh Robert Orr - They Softly Walk)
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