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Memorial Day
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Spent Sunday on a Tampa-Miami-Tampa run. Missed the local ceremonies as a result. My POW-MIA flag is flyin' nonetheless.
Will go to the local Veterans' Park today and quietly contemplate the day's significance, alone. Still harbor a quiet rage over some long-ago events, and witnessing repeats currently. More than ever, the guys and gals now in uniform deserve our respect and courtesy. My wish for them is they keep themselves and each other safe. And that those who will never grow a day older have found Peace.
One of the few things to make me publicly teary eyed is to hear Taps...
Will go to the local Veterans' Park today and quietly contemplate the day's significance, alone. Still harbor a quiet rage over some long-ago events, and witnessing repeats currently. More than ever, the guys and gals now in uniform deserve our respect and courtesy. My wish for them is they keep themselves and each other safe. And that those who will never grow a day older have found Peace.
One of the few things to make me publicly teary eyed is to hear Taps...
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Doc, I so agree with you.
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Visited our local Vet's Park earlier. Last night I watched a great movie: "IKE, Countdown to D-Day". Sellek does a fantastic job playing Ike. It really gives you a sense of the heavy burden he and other leaders of the day had to deal with as they made the very risky decision to "go" on June 6th.
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Went to the local parade today. I wound up yelling at one of the participants.
It was an elderly man riding in the back of a late 30s Chevrolet with a poster on the side that simply said "WWII vet"
I yelled "THANK YOU!"
Stood and applauded as the groups of vets marched by. I wish there were more of them and less fire trucks and little league teams (Not that I'm against either of those)
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I take that back. The whole point of remembering our vets is so we can have parades full of firemen and little league teams, and not miles of tanks, missiles, and infantry. It's all about freedom, and national security.
It was an elderly man riding in the back of a late 30s Chevrolet with a poster on the side that simply said "WWII vet"
I yelled "THANK YOU!"
Stood and applauded as the groups of vets marched by. I wish there were more of them and less fire trucks and little league teams (Not that I'm against either of those)
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I take that back. The whole point of remembering our vets is so we can have parades full of firemen and little league teams, and not miles of tanks, missiles, and infantry. It's all about freedom, and national security.
Well said.
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We went to the local ceremony,which was dedicated to
the local HonorFlight people.They fly WWII Vets to see the
memorial in Washington,DC.
They do this at no charge to the Vets.The people who-
go along to help them pay their own way.The organizer of the
flights said that if you volunteer,it's not for you - it's
for them.
The first time that they did this,there was a huge crowd
of people waiting for them at the local airport on their return.
It was pointed out that many of them didn't make it home until
1946 or so.They never got a parade.This was their parade.
I wish that the Vets would visit local schools & share
their experiances - they won't be around forever.
- Doug
the local HonorFlight people.They fly WWII Vets to see the
memorial in Washington,DC.
They do this at no charge to the Vets.The people who-
go along to help them pay their own way.The organizer of the
flights said that if you volunteer,it's not for you - it's
for them.
The first time that they did this,there was a huge crowd
of people waiting for them at the local airport on their return.
It was pointed out that many of them didn't make it home until
1946 or so.They never got a parade.This was their parade.
I wish that the Vets would visit local schools & share
their experiances - they won't be around forever.
- Doug