TAPS
RIP
Corporal Vladimer Shanava
42nd Battalion, Georgian Army
Posted on 05/26/2013 5:00:17 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
An old US Navy vet I cannot pass by your tributes to our fellow Veterans.
I offer up a salute to each of you for serving each and every Veteran you have honored.
Salute to each of you for the sacrifices and dedication you each honor our Veterans.
DD - USN, USS PIEDMONT (AD-17) 64-67. SFP2(DV)
RIP
Corporal Vladimer Shanava
42nd Battalion, Georgian Army
RIP
Corporal Aleksandre Kvitsinadze
42nd Battalion, Georgian Army
Yes. Though I'm protestant I attended Father Vince's Mass on several occasions, always in the bush. To sum up all I knew about Vince he was of the rare category of devotees whose faith is so absolute that he assimilates the Divine love and radiates it through his works and example. He affected anyone he encountered. Amidst the most horrid settings imaginable he was a pool of tranquility. He lived in two worlds. “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Good morning, Luv...((HUGS))...it IS a perfect story for this Memorial Day.
Hope your weekend is going well and you have some sun.
We thank you for your service to our countr.
Thank you, Kathy in Alaska & ConorMacNessa, for raising the honor and memories of Country’s fallen heroes, and our fallen Allies, home every day.
A Blessed and Peaceful Memorial Day for all.
((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Star.
A solemn remembrance
SIERRA VISTA — The stillness of the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery was disturbed Saturday morning.
As a soft wind blew, rustling the branches of trees, the sounds of hammers pounding on steel bars could be heard, as were the voices of children and adults.
It was the time for American flags to be placed at the graves of those who had served the nation while wearing one of the many types of military uniforms in preparation for today’s Memorial Day observances.
Cemetery Administrator Joe Larson said the cemetery has nearly 4,200 individuals at rest in either full grave sites or in columbarium niches holding their cremains.
Every year girl and boy scouts, and many of their parents help put up the flags, Larson said.
For one daughter and father — Jordan and Dennis Fesser — helping put up the flags is a combination of
patriotic pride and a history lesson.
As dad pounded small holes into the ground, his 9-year-old daughter carried arm loads of American flags.
As a hole was completed she would hand her father a flag and he would then gently pound the top of the small wooden staff into the ground, 12 inches centered on the tombstone, which he measured using a ruler.
At the columbarium area, other scouts were placing flags in line with each column of five niches.
As Jordan and Dennis went from one grave site to another, dad would tell his daughter about what he could ascertain off the marker’s inscription.
“He served in Vietnam,” said Dennis, a former Army captain, of one of the graves.
Jordan looked around and saw a marker indicating the person buried within served in more than one war.
“Yes,” dad said, “some served in many different wars.”
In the cemetery some of the markers indicate some served in three wars — World War II, Korean War and the Vietnam War.
The father and daughter history lesson continued, with dad telling Jordan what they were doing Saturday is special.
Becoming personal, Dennis said “When I was growing up in Illinois, I didn’t know how the flags showed up (on Memorial Day).”
To him, those days of young innocence were a time to have a picnic, or go boating, a time of fun.
The true meaning of Memorial Day was an unknown to him then.
But, it will not be for Jordan.
They recently she visited Washington, D.C., where they went to the World War II Memorial, the Korean War monument and the one honoring those who died in the Vietnam War, a three-decade period of American history from the early 1940s to the early 1970s.
For Jordan, one of the striking memories of the trip was the eight trees at the Vietnam site, one for each of the eight service women who died in that conflict.
She simply proclaimed it showed “women can do things too.”
A member of Troop 104, she asked her dad if she could pound holes into the ground.
They exchanged the steel bar and hammer he had and the flags she carried.
“Just watch my fingers,” he said as he held the bar as she used the hammer with both hands to make some holes.
If there as any disappointment for her it was that there were not enough flags to be placed on the reverse of some of the tombstones which had the names of the spouses, mostly women, who were buried in the graves with their husbands.
“They served too,” Jordan said.
Maybe next year, dad responded.
Jordan has learned the importance of Memorial Day.
“We’re here to honor those who served our country and it’s nice to have a day for what they did,” she said.
Soon after the cemetery carillon struck the nine o-clock hour, all who worked putting up the flags had left.
Once again, quiet returned.
Good morning, Everyone. Good morning to our
AWESOME
Military, our Allies, and their families.
THANK YOU for all you do.
Thank you, Star, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
Wonderful story about Bill.
Another life lesson, too.
Sorry I'm late and I can't stay.
Our oldest granddaughter came for an overnighter
and I need to visit with her before she leaves.
Therefore, I won't be doing my normal Canteen hellos
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
Our weather the last 3 days has been beautiful
and I've been spending some time outside in the yard
and on the porch watching the world go by.
I've had a restful 4 days and ready to face another week at work.
(UGH! not really)
Tomorrow I'll be back on regular schedule
and will see you all then.
Now remember, the Canteen is ALWAYS
Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes
conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS
REMEMBER THEM
DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM
FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale
of our military and our allied military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
((HUGS))Good morning, Beach.
Beautiful...thank you for your service, Sandy!
Her lower lip looks like she is crying or is about to cry.
It does. I’ll bet her daddy is telling her about one of the soldiers that she is honoring! What a GREAT dad!
You shall have to do that for Nate and his little sister! :)
God Bless America!
Have a Blessed Memorial Day.
Good morning, CMS! ((((hugs))))
Hope this Memorial Day finds you having a day off to be with family! Thank you for your unfailing service!
It’s a great day. Ash is sleeping in my arms while the wife and I watch a movie.
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