Posted on 03/11/2012 5:00:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.
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God Bless Our Republic
Prayers going up
“Band of Brothers”: THE SONG with LYRICS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKg1vMeaY5M
Requiem For A Soldier (Theme From Band Of Brothers) lyrics
Songwriters: MUSKER, FRANK JOHN / KAMEN, MICHAEL ARNOLD
You never lived to see
What you gave to me
One shining dream of hope and love
Life and liberty
With a host of brave unknown soldiers
For your company you will live forever
Here in our memory
In fields of sacrifice
Heroes paid the price
Young men who died for old men’s wars
Gone to paradise
We are all one great band of brothers
And one day you’ll see we can live together
When all the world is free
I wish you’d lived to see
All you gave to me
Your shining dream of hope and love
Life and liberty
We are all one great band of brothers
And one day you’ll see - we can live together
When all the world is free
Please thank StarCMC for todays thread, and MS.BEHAVIN for the suggestion.
~ Hall of Heroes: Lynn D "Buck" Compton ~
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Hello Everybody!
I had the Day OFF today!
Woo Hoo!
(((HUGS)))
What is the greatest thing in sports? Is it championships? Records? Honors? In the Palestra, the University of Pennsylvania basketball arena, a plaque offers a different perspective on the greatest thing in sports. It reads: To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. But to love the game is the greatest of all. This is a refreshing reminder that sports are, after all, just the games we played with joy as kids.
A religious leader once asked Jesus about greatness: Which is the great commandment? (Matt. 22:36). Jesus responded by challenging that leader to lovelove God and love others. Jesus said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself (Matt. 22:37-39).
Whatever else our faith in Christ compels us to do, there is nothing greater we can do than to show our lovefor love reveals the heart of our holy heavenly Father. After all, God is love (1 John 4:8). Its easy to be sidetracked by lesser things, but our focus must remain on the greatest thingloving our God. That in turn enables us to love one another. Theres nothing greater.
Read: Matthew 22:34-40
Compton was also on the UCLA team that beat USC in 1942—The Bruins’ first-ever win over the Trojans.
Welcome to the Canteen, Kartographer, and thanks for posting the thread of Lt Compton going home.
Thanks, too, for the video of “Band of Brothers”, along with the lyrics.
Greetings, everybody, from a quiet Sunday evening in the Sunshine State!
We had a few brief rainshowers here, which made the temps nice and comfortable this afternoon. It was a neat thing, to stand outside and listen to the rain on the carport roof, and take in the knowledge that the place is MINE.
I walked over to Demented Sis’s house to walk the puppy, and she had arranged to have the crock pot going with a huge pot roast. After walking the dog, I went home with a batch of roast and taters, and sat watching “Lord of the Rings” with a nice supper and a rum & coke.
Tomorrow, I’m taking Sissy with me to the VFW Post and enjoy the convivial atmosphere of the Canteen. We always have a good time when we go, and looking forward to more of same.
Have a great evening, all!
Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...now for 8 months you get to keep your regular time, but try to remember us poor folks that had to spring ahead.
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