USO Canteen FReeper Style....One Nation Under God.... July 10, 2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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Welcome to the USO Canteen FReeper Style

Message from Snow Bunny to all those who visit the Canteen.

This is how I think of the USO Canteen Freeper Style.
It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night.

Since it opened it is magical how so many
Freepers that post here feel it too.
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of place
that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, a library, etc.

Many Veterans have written to me,
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they served.

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy
and sometimes troubling world.
Make yourself at home.

Our Flag does not only fly at our homes and other buildings.
Our Flag goes to War,it is in the Battle along side our fighting men and women.
And our Flag flys in our HEARTS!

Arlington, Va., Sept. 13, 2001 — Military personnel salute as fire and rescue workers unfurl a huge American flag over the side of the Pentagon during rescue and recovery efforts following the 11 Sept. terrorist attack. U.S. Navy photo by Michael W. Pendergrass.

Our American Flag always shines brightly, Always. It aquires its brilliance from the American veterans who have fought and died to preserve it. This flag is our nations very highest honor. There is none higher.

This flag is offered by a grateful nation and the American veterans who have fought and died to preserve it. This flag is given by the United States of America in memory of your loved one. It is for their honorable and faithful service to our beloved country.

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation, under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Beneath an unfurling American flag,
an American soldier tends a wounded
comrade in Gray's depiction of some of
the fighting in the Boxer Rebellion in China.

This detail is from a large panel that depicts
Colonel Liscum at the Battle of Tientsin on
July 13, 1900, when he seized the regimental
standard from a wounded color sergeant and
issued what would be his last order.......

"Keep up the fire!"
"Keep up the fire!" has since been the motto
of the U.S. Army 9th Infantry.

Desert Storm

Dec. 2,2001.......Johnny Mike Spann Coffin

[SassyMom]

Thank you DD. God has truly blessed me. Have a great day!

[SassyMom]

ROFLOL... I don't know if Archy knows something we don't know, but just wait til his birthday comes around. bwahahahahahahahaha!

[Pippin]

HEH! HEH! HEH!

[MistyCA]

Sending extra prayers your way. It's just one of those lousy bumps along the way, Jen! It's pretty painful to sit and watch while some of the younger generation make bad choices and have to pay huge consequences. Have a great time at the lake! You deserve to enjoy the day! :)))

[MistyCA]

Neat! That's a wonderful sketch! :))))

[archy]

It was formerly part of the Mass of the Dead and the Office of the Dead, real cheery stuff for a birthday celebration

Ok, buddy.... what are ya trying to tell me... LOL!!!! I'm not THAT old yet. :)

Well, I hate to tell you this, but in dog years....

nope, this 'un's not *Happy Birthday to you* either....

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, Birthday Lady! You have a GREAT one, too!

[archy]

Are we talking about the same piece? I thought it was a piece from an Opera. What you put up was very interesting.

We are. Verdi, Mozart and more recently, Rubin have all offered operatic treatments based on the Gregorian original. Check out this example, for instance, for one interesting version.

Or for siomething cheerier, try Carl Orff's O Fortuna.

DIES irae, dies illa, solvet saeculum in favilla, teste David cum Sibylla.	THAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, shall heaven and earth in ashes lay, as David and the Sybil say.
Quantus tremor est futurus, quando iudex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus!	What horror must invade the mind when the approaching Judge shall find and sift the deeds of all mankind!
Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum.	The mighty trumpet's wondrous tone shall rend each tomb's sepulchral stone and summon all before the Throne.
Mors stupebit et natura, cum resurget creatura, iudicanti responsura.	Now death and nature with surprise behold the trembling sinners rise to meet the Judge's searching eyes.
Liber scriptus proferetur, in quo totum continetur, unde mundus iudicetur.	Then shall with universal dread the Book of Consciences be read to judge the lives of all the dead.
Iudex ergo cum sedebit, quidquid latet apparebit: nil inultum remanebit.	For now before the Judge severe all hidden things must plain appear; no crime can pass unpunished here.
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? quem patronum rogaturus? cum vix iustus sit securus.	O what shall I, so guilty plead? and who for me will intercede? when even Saints shall comfort need?
Rex tremendae maiestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me, fons pietatis.	O King of dreadful majesty! grace and mercy You grant free; as Fount of Kindness, save me!
Recordare Iesu pie, quod sum causa tuae viae: ne me perdas illa die.	Recall, dear Jesus, for my sake you did our suffering nature take then do not now my soul forsake!
Quarens me, sedisti lassus: redemisti crucem passus: tantus labor non sit cassus.	In weariness You sought for me, and suffering upon the tree! let not in vain such labor be.
Iuste iudex ultionis, donum fac remissionis, ante diem rationis.	O Judge of justice, hear, I pray, for pity take my sins away before the dreadful reckoning day.
Ingemisco, tamquam reus: culpa rubet vultus meus: supplicanti parce Deus.	You gracious face, O Lord, I seek; deep shame and grief are on my cheek; in sighs and tears my sorrows speak.
Qui Mariam absolvisti, et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti.	You Who did Mary's guilt unbind, and mercy for the robber find, have filled with hope my anxious mind.
Preces meae non sunt dignae: sed tu bonus fac benigne, ne perenni cremer igne.	How worthless are my prayers I know, yet, Lord forbid that I should go into the fires of endless woe.
Inter oves locum praesta, et ab haedis me sequestra, statuens in parte dextera.	Divorced from the accursed band, o make me with Your sheep to stand, as child of grace, at Your right Hand.
Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis. voca me cum benedictis.	When the doomed can no more flee from the fires of misery with the chosen call me.
Oro supplex et acclinis, cor contritum quasi cinis: gere curam mei finis.	Before You, humbled, Lord, I lie, my heart like ashes, crushed and dry, assist me when I die.
Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla. iudicandus homo reus: huic ergo parce Deus.	Full of tears and full of dread is that day that wakes the dead, calling all, with solemn blast to be judged for all their past.
Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Amen.	Lord, have mercy, Jesus blest, grant them all Your Light and Rest. Amen.

[HiJinx]

An obvious and appropiate Charter Member of the Good Guys!

SALUTE!!!

[archy]

Does Archy know something I don't know? LOL!!

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ROFLOL... I don't know if Archy knows something we don't know, but just wait til his birthday comes around. bwahahahahahahahaha!

I won't grow up, I won't! Your bad boys got nothing on me... and if all else fails, I've got a backup plan....

[Pippin]

Good Afternoon, Larry!

[Pippin]

I anit gonna grow up either! LOL Nope! not gonna do it! LOL!!

[Pippin]

Howdy, HiJinx!

[MistyCA]

Good, Clara! No sense growing up anyhow! :))))

[lodwick]

Wishing you the very best birthday yet. JL

[MistyCA]

Well, I found some casters and some wood in the garage .... and some carpet. So I am going to stick them all together and make myself a piano dolly! It will make my life much, much easier! :)

[SassyMom]

Thanks, JL. It has been the best birthday ever! I hope you have a great day too!

[HiJinx]

Hi, there, CS!
I'm tryin' real hard to catch up...looks like I'm not going to make it, though, til much later.
Work beckons!

[SassyMom]

I REFUSE to grow up!!!!!! Never, never, never will I grow up. :)

[Pippin]

Good Afternoon everybody!

Hope y'all have a great day!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!