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

[Pippin]

Great graphics! Even greater sentiment!

[SassyMom]

Thank you for the birthday wishes. And Happy Birthday to you too! :)

[SassyMom]

kneezles and I are going to Foat Wuth for dinner. Will you hold the fort down while we are gone? See y'all later!

[Beep]

Thanks, Sassy! I'm glad you like the "pitcher!" *G* Me? Well, considering a huge thunderstorm just went through, we probably shouldn't let me discuss how I feel at the moment. My mind wants to be happy; my body is a stinkin' spoilsport! LOL!

For Saturday, I'm bringin' my camera for when tomkow's "bathing trunks" wash off in the waves! LOL! Oh, and yep -- you definitely "ride" a surfboard, "ride the surf," "shoot a curl," and all that jazz!

I hope the weather is better on Saturday. My posting will be brief tonight, I'm afraid. But I will be wishing you a happy birthday all the day through!

Love,
Beep

[Pippin]

OKAY!

[Pippin]

Good Evening, Beep!

Loved the picture you sent to Sassy. What a birthday presant! Sassy'll love you forever!

[Beep]

Have fun, Sassy!!

[Beep]

I hope so, ClaraSuze! Thanks! I am a little limited on birthday stuff over the internet, without a "real" address, but if I knew addresses and everybody's birthday -- I'd be realllllllllly busy!! *G*

Love ya,
Beep

[Pippin]

We had a storm last night that caused me to leave early.

[Pippin]

You have mail!

[Mr_Magoo]

Sassy Birthday, Happy Mom!

Errr...ummm...well...sumthin' like that!

:-)

[Beep]

Howdy, Jinxie! I'm afraid I sent you off chasing gooses last night; I called my mother and my Uncle Jim (James Carroll Connell) was in the Marines, NOT the Navy! My maternal grandfather was Army -- WWII -- his name was Thomas Marshall Hall. His sister, Patricia Ann(e) Hall, also served (with Indian Creek regiment?) as a WASP. Halls have served in every war this country has ever participated in, all the way back to the Revolutionary. In the Civil War, my ancestors were among the first to die, in one of the first battles (in Tennessee -- Wilson County, where they live now, oddly enough). I think she mentioned a Richard Hall? (My memory is terrible.) Anyway, they were all Majors and Colonels, in that war. My mother is a member of DAR, and she's going to send me her info so I can be a member too.

My father is Swedish, so his side of the family is easy to research! *G* "Nope."

Anyway -- thank you for trying to help, even though I had you chasing gooses!!

Love ya,
Beep

[Beep]

Ours got us at 3:10 today (the storm). Bob yanked me awake so I could scream in pain! LOL! (I think he wanted to get me in the basement so I wouldn't die, thus eliminating any chance of "curing" me! *G*)

Love ya,
Beep!

[Pippin]

Good Evening, Mr_Magoo!

[Pippin]

I read your post to HiJinx, Are you related to thHalls of Tennessee and North Carolina? My Great grandfather on my dad's side was Willard Hall. He was born in North Carolina. His daughter, Ethel, Married my paternal grandfather, Simon Shelton. He served in the USArmy during WWI.

[Pippin]

You have more mail. :^)

[Mr_Magoo]

Good Evening CS

[Beep]

I would guess "yes." My mother's maiden name is Hall. Her brother is a "Connell" because he's a half-brother. They had different fathers.

[Pippin]

How's things going with you?

[Pippin]

Where did she come from?