[beachn4fun]

You know the drill...will see you all in the morning. Have fun.

[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD



CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides," remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Hoodat]

In.

[beachn4fun]

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[The Mayor]

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Heavenly Perspective
January 17, 2014

Read: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

The things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. —2 Corinthians 4:18

Bible in a Year:
Genesis 41-42; Matthew 12:1-23

Fanny Crosby lost her sight as an infant. Yet, amazingly, she went on to become one of the most well-known lyricists of Christian hymns. During her long life, she wrote over 9,000 hymns. Among them are such enduring favorites as “Blessed Assurance” and “To God Be the Glory.”

Some people felt sorry for Fanny. A well-intentioned preacher told her, “I think it is a great pity that the Master did not give you sight when He showered so many other gifts upon you.” It sounds hard to believe, but she replied: “Do you know that if at birth I had been able to make one petition, it would have been that I was born blind? . . . Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior.”

Fanny saw life with an eternal perspective. Our problems look different in light of eternity: “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:17-18).

All our trials dim when we remember that one glorious day we will see Jesus!

Dear God, please help us to see this life
from a heavenly perspective. Remind us that
our trials, however difficult, will one day fade
from view when we see You face to face.

The way we view eternity will affect the way we live in time.

[Publius]

Sergei Rachmaninov plays “The Star Spangled Banner”

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

FReeper musical artists. Let me know if you have a submission.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[luvie]

Good evening, Early Bird!
(and all you night owls!)
Hope everyone had a Thrilling Thursday!
...but not TOO thrilling! LOL!
Very pretty here today, if windy.
A preview of our spring sandstorms. Ugh!
(((hugs)))

[yarddog]

This is a picture of the disbandment of the 208th Engineer Combat Battalion, Berlin, Germany 1945. I am not sure who took the photograph but my Father is in the picture. I enjoy posting these old WWII photos and try to give credit to the photographer if possible. If anyone is tired of seeing them, let me know. The C.O. shown is Col. Leslie O. Scott.

[luvie]

Happy Birthday Kathy!
Hope it's beautiful!
((((hugs))))

[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo, Happy FReeper FRiday Beachie!!

Dense fog around here, Bleech!

Plenty of R&R this weekend for me, not much else.

Better hit the coffe pot...

Have a great weekend!

[MoJo2001]

Awesome thread beachie! *HUGS* Wish I could stay, but I have a chocolate stash to watch. :-)

[yarddog]

This picture was taken by Charles Riddle of the 208th ECB. It is of war criminals in a compound which was still under construction. There is an interesting story with it. Someone accidentally left a ladder inside the barbed wire. Normally it still would not have been too much of a problem as there were two rings of barb wire. The Germans figured out how to get out by using the ladder to climb to the top of the first line, then using the ladder to go from one support to the next support, then just jumping down after pushing the ladder back for the next guys.