Memorial Day
Thanks for the post, Pete.
The kneeling horse really got to me. As many things have this day.
YankeeFifth #467: this thread is considerably slower that yesterdays...
No kidding. I'm actually keeping up with this one.
Is it AoSHQ Memorial Weekend Lonely Hearts and Dating Advice Service? (50th anniversary of its release!)
#MemorialWeekend
Less than 50 comments?
I see the commentariat hasn't even warmed up yet.
I've still gotta check the post a bit closer.
Have a nevening y'all.
I hope it's all right that I post these links here.
A few of the Memorial Day items from my newsfeeds:
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Cruising through my newsfeeds (I keep saying I've got to quit doing this at bedtime) - several sites this weekend have pix of U.S. military graveyards, here, and abroad.
Jim: To their honor, SAAAL-UTE!
* raises glass *
WZ Headline:
Lib Rag Vox Marks Memorial Day By Lamenting Fact Military Deserters And Draft Dodgers Don't Get Their Own Holiday
Aviator, thanks for the photographer's statement!
The complaint presumes that the photo was staged, and by implication questions the sincerity of the grief of the widow, even comparing her to those who blew a trumpet when they put a penny i
Apologies. First Reagan speech link (#7) is a news report, not the speech. Still, the brief clips from Reagan are sadly prophetic.
Reagan, Memorial Day, 1985
https://youtu.be/rhL9FdKeiRY
Just a Common Soldier
Remember the price of freedom. Our deepest gratitude to those who paid it on our behalf. #MemorialDay #CommonSoldier
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In the face of this electoral season's acrimony, it behooves us all as Americans to every now and then declare a truce, step back from the brink and to take stock of this awesome Nation of ours.
Just a thought on Memorial Day greetings
Please, do not say "Happy Memorial Day."
Memorial Day isn't a day to be "happy." It is not "celebrated," it is observed....
I never did find out what a "butt welded pipe fitting" was.
I've never seen it, but I think that's explained in the movie Human Centipede...?
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Posted by: mindful webworker - hello goodbye at May 26, 2014 11:12 PM (U13jb)
Thank you. Thank you SO much.
Posted by: mindful webworker - hello goodbye at May 26, 2014 11:12 PM (U13jb)
Thank you. Thank you SO much.
Before I go back and carefully read every word above... or I pass out... whichever comes first, I thought I'd drop these links here. Hope you don't mind.
A day for folks like me who never served to just say, thanks.
I was 2-S 'til I dropped out of college, then "won" the draft lotteries.
I've got nothing.
But I'm glad to share it.
There you go.
Everybody have a safe what's left of the weekend.
A most excellent remembrance for Memorial Day.
» At the age of 107 America's oldest known veteran plans to enjoy this year's Memorial Day in what he describes as the familiar company of up to 12 cigars and some whiskey-stiffened coffee - simple
Subjects: Big Nanny, heroes, John F Kennedy assassination, Memorial Day, Milton Friedman, Obamacare, Tea Party, US military
For today, I dug out some pictures we took at the 2006 re-dedication of the WWI memorial bridge here in my home town.
Only talked about landing on Iwo just once. My God, he said, it was horrible. And that was it....
Playlist Memorial Day of videos, including many swiped from here, thanks, linked at nic.
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