A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....5-30-06.... Memorial Day Revisited

5-30-06 | JustAmy

[Majie Purple]

All together lovely Thread Thanks for remembering and honoring this way! H*U*G*S!!!!!

[stopem]

Thanks Billie, will try it in the next few days.

[stopem]

Oh my goodness, how beautiful, thank you!!

[Majie Purple]

[JustAmy]

Thank you for your kind words, Aqua!

Thank you for the WWII Memorial link.
When we were in DC, we went by but could not spend any time there.
With all the snow, it was impossible to walk around.
I hope to get back again.

Have a wonderful day.

[Majie Purple]

[Majie Purple]

Beautiful sparkly flower basket
for St.L;L & B!

[Majie Purple]

Thanks for the ping tou your # 28. Really neat!

[Majie Purple]

Love your # 37 today...

[Majie Purple]

Said so yesterday but it bears repeating
I also love your # 38...

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Dave.
We didn't get to any of the local ceremonies this year.
We got a late start and would have had to walk more than a mile to the cemetery.

Thank you for bringing your photo from Lakewood Memorial Park to today's thread.

Above image is from Memorial Day of 2004.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

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"Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest; to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do Thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord." Soldier's Prayer - Ignatius of Loyola

[JustAmy]

Wonderful story, Bro.

Thank you for the link to SERGEANT STUBBY.

*hugs*

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Warthogjm.

We thank the men and women who wear the uniform for their service.

God Bless and Protect each and every one of them.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Billie.

Thank you for your contributions to today's thread.
You've helped make it beautiful.

[MEG33]

[JustAmy]

Beautiful, Billie.

We were near Vandenberg AFB in April. I wish we had known about this flag at that time. It is beautiful.

[Majie Purple]

http://thenaturalamerican.com/wind_talkers.htm

[Majie Purple]

http://www.ncbuffalosoldiers.org/history.asp

[Diver Dave]

Some quotes from The Modesto Bee's article this morning regarding the ceremony yesterday...

Hundreds of people, including family members of Stanislaus County residents recently killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, attended an afternoon event at Lakewood Memorial Park in Hughson.

As the Marine casualty officer for the area, Capt. Donn Puca is charged with notifying the families of Marines who have died in the line of duty.

At Lakewood, he praised the sacrifices of those Marines.

"They pay for our civil rights … with everything their futures might have been," he said. "I'm eternally grateful for that."

Several politicians presented commendations to the families of lost military personnel.

"I love my brother with all my heart," said Mike Simons, brother of Lance Cpl. Aaron William Si-mons. The 20-year-old died April 24 in al Qaim, during his second tour of duty in Iraq. "Though I didn't want him to go back, he wanted to serve alongside his brother Marines. I'll never forget him."

Marsha Gonsalves of Turlock, whose son, Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves, died this year in Afghanistan, admonished the crowd: "This is the land of the free, because of the brave. Let's never forget that."

...a view my neighbors get passing by the house...