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  • Flag Day Honors American Ideals, Sacrifices

    06/14/2010 8:30:01 AM PDT · by SandRat · 20 replies · 339+ views
    WASHINGTON, June 14, 2010 – Military personnel at Dover Air Force Base, Del., performed their duties with solemn respect over the past several weeks as U.S. servicemembers killed in Afghanistan returned to U.S. soil. Members of the International Security Assistance Force and senior officials from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, pay their respects to nine U.S. soldiers killed in Nuristan province during a ramp ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. State Department photo by Daniel Wilkinson  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Military “carry teams” marched in slow, measured steps as they carried their fallen comrades from the aircraft...
  • FLAG DAY, JUNE 14, 2010

    06/14/2010 11:07:54 AM PDT · by stansblugrassgrl · 4 replies · 192+ views
    Youtube ^ | 5/25/10 | Karmann Powell/John McCrae
    Today is Flag Day. Our flag was first adopted by resolutions during the 2nd Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, so our flag is 10 yrs older than the nation itself. Fly it proudly today. Celebrate the freedoms it represents, and remember those who have sacrificed to keep us free. God bless America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hss6kWXIiEY