[prairiebreeze]

thanks for the ping Dolly! A great big "thank you for your service" going out to all our military and veterans this weekend.

I am pleased to be spending the weekend with father-in-law who served in WWII. Will have a "real" Smalltown USA Memorial Day service at the cemetery with tributes and salutes to our wonderful military. Just like what I knew when I was a kid but have been away from for so long.

Flowers are being laid out at the various gravesites where hubby's family members rest. And there is a all-school reunion in the town this year, so lots of friends and family of his will be here.

Anyway, I just want to state again our profound gratitude for our servicemen and women and our veterans. God bless them and their families and God Bless the USA.

Prairie

[DollyCali]

a very good morning to the three "P" ladies..hmmmm, somehow that did not come out right!!! Thanks for stopping by and prairie, your post is very touching.

We do graves also on memorial day. My dad & I were in Navy & my brother did a 20+ year career in Air Force ending his career at Timkin as a SMSGT. He is visiting with us this weeekend & I am quite excited..

Here is my small tribute to the 2 men of our family of origin

[DollyCali]

Has FIL gotten to the ww2 monument in DC? I was there last summer.. wonderful & the best experience was talking to the many men there who were in the war. (the two men among the three WW2 pix in article were vets I spoke. Oliver and I cooled off in the pool & I took about 200 pictures there.

I had archived these from prolly FR & thought they were profound

[AFPhys]

I will take it upon myself to say, "You are all most Welcome." for those of us who served our great country. We appreciate all your expressions of thanks and gratitude.

We have done it/ we do it for you, but we don't do it alone, though. For those who support us, I have written some thanks from two different perspectives:

Regarding our troops, and their families:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1412100/posts?page=20#20

Regarding our commanders:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411978/posts?page=22#22

For those who think a simple thanks not sufficient, and want to contribute to ongoing support of our troops: Mike "Gallagher's Army" does a great job for them. Sean Hannity hosts a "Freedom Concert" soon and other methods with the goal of scholarships for children who lost a military parent to this War on Terrorism. Check their web sites.