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Cub Scout crawls grave to grave, honoring the dead
The Tennessean ^
| 05/25/03
| By HOLLY EDWARDS
Posted on 05/26/2003 9:56:42 AM PDT by dewee
Edited on 05/07/2004 9:20:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Pivoting his body with his right arm and holding a neon-green ruler in his left hand, James Milam, 10, crawled from grave to grave at Nashville National Cemetery yesterday morning, carefully placing an American flag exactly one foot from each gravestone.
The energetic fourth-grader took the task seriously.
(Excerpt) Read more at tennessean.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: boy; boyscout; boyscoutsofamerica; bsa; bsalist; cubscout; flag; gravesite; handicapped; memorialday; nashville; oldglory; patriot; scout; scouts; tn; tombstones; wheelchair
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To: MHGinTN; Coleus; Remedy; nickcarraway; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; ...
Please let me know if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.
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posted on
05/26/2003 8:26:35 PM PDT
by
cpforlife.org
(“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6)
To: Ronaldus Magnus
"God bless this child and God save our country."
Amen!
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posted on
05/26/2003 8:27:35 PM PDT
by
cpforlife.org
(“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6)
To: dewee; cpforlife.org
Beautiful!
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posted on
05/26/2003 9:02:05 PM PDT
by
Flora McDonald
(BRING AMERICA BACK TO LIFE)
To: cpforlife.org; nuzman; *bsa_list; Clint N. Suhks
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posted on
05/26/2003 9:32:59 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(God is Pro Life and Straight)
To: Coleus
Duty to God and Country is a beautiful thing.
To: cpforlife.org
Wow! Impressive.
To: SAMWolf; dewee
Thanks for the heads up on this one, SAM!
And thanks for posting this moving article, dewee. I brought a big box of Kleenex along for anyone else who may need to wipe off their watery-looking screen or dry their keyboard. I certainly needed to use a couple. 
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posted on
05/26/2003 11:54:12 PM PDT
by
radu
(May God watch over our Troops and keep them safe)
To: dewee
Thank you.
To: hole_n_one
Your picture is priceless. Thanks.
To: cpforlife.org
I think I may have already posted some of that.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/917898/posts
Memorial Day, 2003 Monday May 26th, 2003 Today is the day we celebrate Memorial Day. Today we take time to ponder and honor those who fought and died for our freedoms. While we show our thanks to those who fought and died for our freedoms, let us ponder just what freedom means to us and what freedoms we would fight for and yes, die defending or restoring.
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To: dewee; Cyrano
great! Thanks for this post!
Ping to Cyrano
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posted on
05/28/2003 6:14:11 AM PDT
by
Terriergal
("arm yourselves before the LORD for battle" "if you fail to do this, you will be sinning"Num32:20,23)
To: dewee
Awesome. This kid is awesome.
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posted on
05/28/2003 6:27:18 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(It's a tagline. Move on.)
To: Mr. Mojo
Exactly!
To: Doctor Raoul
Worth every penny. Hope you were successful!
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