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  • Memorial Day 2020

    05/25/2020 7:25:06 AM PDT · by NOBO2012 · 17 replies
    MOTUS ^ | 5-25-20 | MOTUS
    "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." —Winston Churchill As we do on this day each year, we pause to remember the men and women who died fighting for our freedom. We stand by humbly, gratefully, silently, to honor their sacrifice. We remember… We mourn for those lost… And we mourn for those they’ve left behind… As we reflect once again on the the steep price of freedom. if you’re lucky enough to live someplace where picnics, parades and celebrations have not been outlawed by fiat, by all means...
  • "Four Ever Young, Four Ever Brave"

    05/25/2003 3:47:19 PM PDT · by Licensed-To-Carry · 10 replies · 178+ views
    Dallas Morning News ^ | 05/25/2003 | MICHAEL E. YOUNG
    ENNIS, Tx. – Just a few people recall the remarkable and tragic story of the four Ennis boys. Soon, relatives and friends say, only the stones will tell the tale. But what a tale it is – friendship and dedication, bravery and sacrifice, of ties binding the boys in life and linking them in death. It unfolds in Ennis and ends on a miserable island 6,000 miles from home, where all four young men would die in a span of about three weeks. Sixty-two years ago, Ennis was a small town of 7,000 or so, and the place buzzed with...