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A Day of Remembrance for Those Who Have Died In Service To Our Country

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MOMENT OF SILENCE

Along with other Americans, you are asked to spend a Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day at 3:00 p.m. local time (duration: one minute). The time 3:00 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when many Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday.

The Moment does not replace the traditional Memorial Day observances. It is intended to a be a unifying act of remembrance for Americans of all ages. As you participate in the Moment you are helping reclaim Memorial Day for the noble and sacred reason for which it was intended—to honor those who died in service to our Nation.

During that brief time, except for a bugler sounding "Taps," Americans of every nationality are being urged to take a moment to reflect on the blessings of this country.

If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.

Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.

And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind."

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Listed as KIA February 7, 1978

1 posted on 05/26/2008 7:03:26 AM PDT by snippy_about_it

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SARGE Says...
I Dug the Hole Now "FALL IN" to the FReeper Foxhole!

Memorial Day

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2 posted on 05/26/2008 7:07:05 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (The FReeper Foxhole. America's history, America's soul.)

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3 posted on 05/26/2008 7:10:35 AM PDT by U S Army EOD (Say Cheese.)

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Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

4 posted on 05/26/2008 7:12:21 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (www.pinupsforvets.com)

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9 posted on 05/26/2008 7:36:35 AM PDT by pookie18 (Of course I'm voting for the Republican nominee!)

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16 posted on 05/26/2008 8:36:30 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Lord, Keep Barack Obama safe. Otherwise, we'll have to change all them street names.)

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Never, ever forget!

Thanks for todays thread!! :-)

26 posted on 05/26/2008 9:37:55 AM PDT by PROCON (Hillary '08)

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Will you please provide the shipping addrsses to send books to our military people - the one for hardbacks and the one for paperbacks? Thanks!

95 posted on 06/14/2008 8:34:37 PM PDT by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")

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Sending out a prayer request to a lot of old freeper friends here:

My youngest daughter is dating a guy (Jeff) who is currently serving in Iraq. Couple of weeks ago Jeff’s convoy was hit by “something” we don’t have details still. What we knew is that his uniform was destroyed but he was back on the job in a few days. He was still having to see medics to have some shrapnel removed every day.

He was back to work 2 days ago and escorting another convoy. This morning, daughter received a message from one of Jeff’s buddies. They had to take Jeff into emergency for severe internal pain in his stomach and chest. He was evacuated and the buddies don’t know what is happening back on base at the hospital. (They are still on convoy.)

That is all the information that we have. He’s in a hospital, probably in Baghdad. Unknown problem. Unknown condition.

Thank you all for prayers. I know you are all prayer warriors for our troops.

244 posted on 05/15/2009 7:51:55 AM PDT by Wneighbor

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