..Holiday Appeal for Walter Reed Hospital Soldiers

It's a tear for all the pain and suffering they have encountered. And it's a tear for their commitment to defending our freedoms and saving lives of their fellow man!"

Reworded from a Firefighters poem, to honor our Troops 3/26/03 by David K. (aka Johnny Gage)

Thank you, Johnny Gage.

We mourn with those who mourn, and love our troops.

341 posted on 04/09/2004 12:17:40 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("We are winning every firefight we engage in." ~ Marine Maj. Gen. Keith Stalder, 4/08/04)

To: ezoeni; Ragtime Cowgirl

Ragtime Cowgirl...

please see ezoeni's Post #337.

ALOHA RONNIE

342 posted on 04/09/2004 12:50:31 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Ah this calms me down now. Thank you so much for this ping I need it. God Bless for this ping Rag

343 posted on 04/09/2004 1:36:52 PM PDT by bogdanPolska12

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Thanks for the ping!

344 posted on 04/09/2004 1:50:25 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl (Glad to be a monthly contributor to Free Republic!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

345 posted on 04/09/2004 1:55:31 PM PDT by VOA

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

NEWS RELEASE

Organizer: John C. Kikol @440-327-6966 or iksharley@aol.com
SECOND ANNUAL RALLY FOR THE TROOPS

Sunday, April 18, 2004

Cleveland’s Public Square

Ceremony at 12:00 NOON –1:00 p.m.

Support our troops and their families. All makes and models
of motorcycles are welcome in addition to the PUBLIC. Jim
Mantel of WGAR will MC and Monica Robins of WKYC, Channel 3 Anchor will sing the National Anthem. We will be recognizing some of the Troops that recently returned from
Iraq.

Motorcycles will depart at 10:30 AM from Century Harley
Davidson, Medina Ohio; Western Reserve Harley Davidson,
Mentor Ohio; Cleveland Harley Davidson; SouthEast Harley
Davidson and Quaker Steak and Lube in Sheffield Lake, Ohio.
Last year, approximately 3000 bikes participated. Parking in Imperial Parking lot at West 3rd.

The event will encourage participants to sign banners, donate international telephone calling cards, send care packages and write letters to the soldiers over seas.

Its important to emphasis the PUBLIC is invited to join in the RALLY to show Northeastern Ohio’s support for our men and women of the United States Armed Forces.

Hope to see you there. God Bless America !

The Cleveland office of the USO willing collecting comfort items
Items needed include sweatpant, shorts, plain tshirts, hygeine items, shower shoes, writing paper & envelopes

346 posted on 04/09/2004 4:55:20 PM PDT by boxerblues ("We wanted to kill the people inside," said Lieutenant Colonel Brennan Byrne on bombing of mosque)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Whow. Truth sure can say it! Thanks for the post, as usual.

An'na BTTT

347 posted on 04/09/2004 5:09:20 PM PDT by amom

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Thank you for the ping

Just want to say Thank You
to all of our military men & women.
To let them know that they are always in my thoughts & prayers.

348 posted on 04/10/2004 8:55:59 AM PDT by firewalk

To: Ragtime Cowgirl; ALOHA RONNIE; amom; WinOne4TheGipper; P.O.E.; homemom; NYCop; All

Please forgive me if I haven't included your name in this ping list. I don't have the time to go back to my mail and copy down the names. Please know this - I have printed out every greeting I received, and printed out the messages from this thread. Y'all have been great with your response. The candy doesn't mean half as much as the personal messages they receive.

I have printed out all of the greetings I received here, and at my FReepmail address. I couldn't believe the overwhelming response.

I have changed some of the shorter messages to large type - and of all of them, printed out numerous copies so that I had lots of copies of each of them to hand out.

There are certain ones that I know will have special meaning to those I meet but will only know which one to give them "for their wall" when I've been talking with them for awhile.

Others, I'll let pick out the greeting I've printed out.

I don't have the time to thank you all personally - I'm off to visit the wounded at WRAMC.

I'll report in after my visit.

Thank you all so much for your personal greetings. It means so much to them - to know that we love them, that we support them and that we are praying for them.

God bless you all.

TNT

349 posted on 04/10/2004 10:03:35 AM PDT by TruthNtegrity (I refuse to call candidates for President "Democratic" as they are NOT. Socialists, actually.)

350 posted on 04/10/2004 10:04:35 AM PDT by TruthNtegrity (I refuse to call candidates for President "Democratic" as they are NOT. Socialists, actually.)

To: TruthNtegrity

Mike's at WR...I hope you get to meet him...

351 posted on 04/10/2004 10:16:07 AM PDT by mystery-ak (Illinois Freepers....become a monthly donor, let's show them there are Republicans in this state!)

To: ALOHA RONNIE

The check's in the mail.....no really, it is. Thanks for posting this.

352 posted on 04/10/2004 10:25:40 AM PDT by Ima Lurker

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