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Posted on 11/10/2004 11:25:12 PM PST by snippy_about_it
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 To our veterans - Thank You  Veterans Day A day set aside to honor our country's living veterans. At the Foxhole honoring veterans is a major part of our mission. Whereas we will not forget those who died or our POW/MIAs, and course those who are currently serving, today we specifically honor those men and women living among us who have served our country in times past, our living veterans. Especially here at the Foxhole we are blessed to have veterans as part of our Foxhole family both as readers and contributors.  We would like to welcome all our veterans to the Foxhole on this very special day as we attempt to honor you and thank you for your service to our country. Freedom is not free and our debt to you and those gone before you can never fully be paid. May God richly bless you all. Welcome home and we will never forget. It matters not where, when or how your served; here at home or in a foreign land, in the air, at sea or on land; in peacetime or in war, on the battefield or behind a desk; on supply lines; as an engineer, a mechanic, an infantrymen, a cook or medic. You chose to volunteer or fullfilled your duty by the draft and served America and we are forever grateful. Every job is important as they all support each other and the cause of freedom. Some sacrifices are greater, yes, and some service more dangerous than others, yet all service is sacrifice by the troop and their family and we highly respect that service. Some gave all, all gave some. Thank you all - from SAM and snippy "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." --Thomas Paine, Founding Father "The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their Nation." --George Washington "Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain." --Dwight D. Eisenhower  Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime. In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served - not only those who died - have sacrificed and done their duty. --- Department of Veterans Affairs      |
I'm a dollar late and a day short. :-)
free dixie,sw
How old do you think I am??? Well, actually, since I grew up in a family of mossback conservatives who weren't fond of change I did hear it called Armistice Day!
"...in Southwest Asia" ?
I must say that I've got no idea what they mean.
I'm always late, or way too early.
One or the other..
This morning the editor called me and is going to publish my email letter of complaint. I am glad as I detest veterans being "slighted"
Thank you for the welcome and I'm sorry for the late reply but I just saw it. I do have an interest and I don't know very much about it, just the basics they teach in school. I guess this is the right place for me.
LOL.
Sam and I were just looking at this old thread to use it for testing some of my html for tomorrow's thread (I always use and old thread in case I accidentally post an error) and we saw this response from you about Armistice Day. Cute.
See, we eventually get around to reading everything! Even 3 years later!!
Love ya, Snippy and SAM
We had a disgusting development out here. A group of four claiming to be Iraq veterans for "peace" got the city to let them join the local Veterans Day parade. People have lost their history. This isn't a political event, it was started to honor the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the horror of WWI finally ended. Later, it was enlarged to honor veterans of all wars. Adding some jerks who want to draw attention to their politics was just wrong.
But then, in recent years the city has tried to take away Christmas and Columbus Day celebrations too.
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