A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day May 26,08 Memorial Day Military Tribute

Billie, The Mayor

[The Mayor]

Thank you Dita, my father and step father both served in Korea.

[MEG33]

~Memorial Day~

Flags today in tribute wave
For those loyal ones who gave
Of their youth, their hopes, their
might
For a cause they knew was right.

Morning bells sound their call,
Pause and say a prayer for all--
All who served valiantly
That men might be ever free.

Toll of bells, drums' slow beat--
Silence falls in every street.
In each heart swells the plea:
Keep us safe, but keep us free!

[The Mayor]

WOW Pookie, what an incredible toons post today.
Fantastic and Thank you my FRiend.

[pookie18]

My pleasure, as always, Mayor!

[The Mayor]

Thank you, I didn’t know that procedure.
Now I do and I have been doing my own Memorial Day remembrances for years.

[The Mayor]

Thank you Meg, Thank you!

[DollyCali]

US NAVY DRILL TEAM

[The Mayor]

Those guys are Great!
Thank you Dolly.

[OESY]

Very nice posting, Dolly. You have every right to be proud of your dad and what he did with his life.

[snugs]

We do not have a Memorial Day in Britain but our Remembrance Day or Poppy Day is both your Memorial Day and Veteran's Day rolled into one. On the 11th of November on the 11th hour we have a minute silence and poppies are laid in Memorial Gardens and village/town memorials all over Britain. We have Memorial Gardens in Ashford and here are few photos I taken of them over the last few years.

A few weeks ago

Last November

[MEG33]

*The Debt Unpayable*

What have I given,
Bold sailor on the sea?
In earth or heaven,
That you should die for me?

What can I give,
O soldier, leal and brave,
Long as I live,
To pay the life you gave?

What tithe or part
Can I return to thee,
O stricken heart,
That thou shouldst break for me?

The wind of Death
For you has slain life’s flowers,
It withereth
(God grant) all weeds in ours.

F.W. Bourdillon

We Honor and Remember Those Who Gave All
To Protect Our Freedom

[The Mayor]

Thank you Snugs!

The week before Memorial Day they sell the Poppies all over here. We will do a big post for Veterans day here too.

[The Mayor]

Thank you Meg!

[La Enchiladita]

Hello, Rus, on this very special day. Thank you so much for keeping this traditional thread alive. Two of my uncles served in Korea also.

[MEG33]

What a beautiful tribute to your Dad, Dolly.

[MEG33]

Very moving, Thank you, Amy.

[MEG33]

Always remember those who sacrifice for our freedom..Thank you, LadyJ

[JustAmy]

Thank you for Military Monday on Memorial Day, Rus.

This is a beautiful thread. I’ve been reading the thread but have not spent much time posting. Thank you again.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for this Memorial Day Thread, your Honor, and Thank you to Everyone for the Pings. Family is Arriving Shortly, so I'll Catch Up Here and at Amy's this Evening. God Bless All who have Served our Beloved America.