Posted on 05/25/2012 6:01:16 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
Welcome, everyone to this weekend's edition of the Canteen Music Dedication. The music in this thread is provided for the enjoyment of the troops and their families.
Please support the artists in this thread. Buy their music and attend their concerts when they come to your area.
Also, please take a moment to honor and remember those who gave their lives for the freedoms we are enjoying today. This is after all, Memorial Day Weekend.
((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How’s it going?
Morning Connie and all :)
Good morning,Arrow! (((hugs)))
Supposed to be cooler today and I’m really looking forward
to that! Hope you and yours have a nice weekend! Will you
be going to any Memorial services? I’d like to, but have
to work on Monday morning when they are being held. :(
So, I’ll dress in red, white and blue for our guys! :)
Thank you, Luv.
I wrote this tribute to my late husband
On Veteran's Day, 2007.
I thank all our Troops this Memorial Day Weekend,
For their service to our Country.
*******************
This Veteran’s Day, I still feel your presence.
I remember the stories you
told me of that day from hell.
I felt like I was beside you, as the
bullets shot by.
I could hear them, even feel the air they left behind.
When you were hit, I wish I could have been there
to help you until the
medics arrived.
I am so glad your unit was there for you,
to reduce the blood loss.
I know it hurt. But, I know you wouldn't have ever let anyone
know.
After all, you were a proud man.
I would have been at that hospital every day,
if I had known you, then. I
would have brought you everything you loved.
I would have sat by your bed
and told you stories to make you smile.
Thankfully, your wounds healed,
and your service to our country continued
for twenty more years.
The two Purple Hearts
and the Navy Cross you received have been framed,
and are displayed respectfully.
You honored your family, your friends, your loved ones.
But most of all,
you honored your Country.
You believed in the Constitution. You could
recite the Bill of Rights.
You wept every time you heard the Star Spangled Banner.
You were a proud Marine,
and, as I hold this folded flag, close to my
heart this Veteran’s Day,
I want you to know this: Your country honors you,
thanks you and misses you.
And, I miss you, too.
Semper Fi!
((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How's it going?
Good morning LUV and (((HUGS))) to you too. I don’t think there are any Memorial Day services planned for our community.
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