It's Memorial Day Weekend, Will You Take A Moment To Honor Those Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice For Freedom?
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2012/05/26 05:17:08
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As you enjoy a long Holiday weekend full of friends and BBQ's, would you take a moment to remember the reason for the Holiday? I am eternally grateful for those who have paid the ultimate price for the freedoms that I and all Americans enjoy and I always observe a moment of silence on Memorial Day to say thanks.
"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. "
- Abraham Lincoln (The Gettysburg Address)
"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. "
- Abraham Lincoln (The Gettysburg Address)
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+20My Son's are coming over for a barbeque and they're all vets or active duty. Both my parents were Army Officers during WWII and I'm going to their grave sites on Monday. So yes, I'm going to do my part in remembering. BTW, I also am a Vet. 
i DO NOT KNOW AN ADEQUATE WAY TO THANK THEM.
We need a national plea for ALL military to come home and rescue their country! Please spread the word!
Today I teamed up with another VFW Post member at a supermarket. I played the bagpipe pretty much all day from 10:30 till 3:00 while he passed out buddy poppies to shoppers. It seemed to work well.
Tomorrow we would have done it again but our post ran completely out of them today. Tomorrow I'll take my family to church and play bagpipe at one event.
Monday morning I'll attend an 0600 Memorial Service where I'll help with the 21-gun salute, a few hours later I'll play bagpipe in the Memorial Day Parade and will again fire volleys at the 1100 Memorial Service.
Yeah, I think that I'm probably doing a bit more than a few minutes.
I attended the services for one who was a Pearl Harbor Survivor and one of my professors when I was in college.
Another was a B-17 pilot who was shot down over Germany about ten months before the war ended. He said that he was only hungry once when he was a POW, from the day he got there till the day that he left.
The most recent passed right after Veteran's Day, a Marine who was on Tarawa, Guadalcanal and Saipan.
Most of the ones that are left pretty much stay in nursing homes and come out twice a year, Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. Today though, I did have the honor of meeting a gentleman who was a bagpiper in the British Army in World War II.
my heart & repect to all who served /actively serving & who will serve ...THANK YOU ALL ....
They have been on my mind and in my heart. I always remember our veterans. They are precious to me.
God bless those who have served and those currently serving...... our beautiful USA♥