Veterans Day-Please join us to send a message to our Veterans! Freeper Canteen-Friday Nov.11,2005

Canteen players | American Patriots and allies

[SandRat]

Now it's lunch time. Couldn't get on in time before the Veteran's Day parade. Just got back. Today was GRRRRRRRRReat!!!!

[TASMANIANRED]

Breath taking Eagle.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Veterans Day to your whole family, Proud Army Mom!

[luvie]

Well, they are all so different....just keep them all!

That's what I used to tell my customers when I sold clothes at Casual Corner. :o)

Now I tell it to my customers that I sell jewelry to! Gotta have the bling to go with the clothes, right?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, planekT. Thanks for helping honor our Veterans.

[luvie]

I like that the back of that guys t-shirt in the third picture says "One Nation Under God"!!! Amen!

[trussell]

You're right...gotta have the right accessories!

[luvie]

I saw that some of my pictures in Fotki were down earlier, so I guess your picture will be back after while. I'll look for it then....a military flag, right?

[luvie]

Of course I'm right!

I gotta go find my own accessories and get outta here to eat lunch. See ya later....we'll have some fun!

See everyone later...it's been a good day so far!

[Soaring Feather]

Veteran's Day November 11, 2005

On muddy ground you slept,
in sand beds you dozed, in the cold, you ate cold meals.
For Freedom.
Your hands froze holding your gun, you baked in scorching desert sun holding your burning hot gun,
For Freedom.
Your ship sailed through enemy fire and took a torpedo or two,
your submarine prowled in murky waters near enemy shores,
you stormed the beaches at Normandy,
you waded through jungles in water up to your shoulders.
For Freedom.
You were captured by the enemy and tortured beyond belief,
by monsters from hell you gave your life.
For Freedom.
Your eyes saw horrors that haunt night and day,
and you say it is an honor to serve your nation.
For Freedom.
You stood tall and said, I’ll go my nation needs me,
yes, you answered the call.
For Freedom.

I see your tear stained face as you stand at your brother’s or sister’s burial.
I see your agony of separation from your loved ones.
Your parents, your wife, your lover, your children, your siblings.
For Freedom.
I see you in wheel chairs on the streets.
Or living in Veterans Hospitals, too, ill, or alone.
For Freedom.
Is Thank You enough for the price you paid?
It’s all I have to give you on this day.
Thank You, Thank You, for my peace, my flag flies high without disgrace.
It’s my uncle’s flag bellowing in the breeze, he was the Sailor you see.
Hoisted up for me by a retired Marine Captain, who was a JAG in Da Nang, Viet Nam.
For Freedom.
My uncle, the Marine, who was buried in his uniform at age ninety.
The Twenty One Gun Salute broke the silence that day, I watched as you were laid away.
For my step father, Army POW, WWII, you carried a metal plate in your head,
For Freedom.
My brothers, one a Marine, one a Sailor, Thank You.
To my Army ex-husband, Thank You.
In gratitude to all Veterans, Thank You, Thank You, for my Freedom.

bentfeather (c) 11-11-05

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Diva Betsy Ross]

hey guys! Thanks for the photos. I missed y local parade today- because I couldn't get my kids up and moving in enough time. UGH! Love the photos.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Thanks Joe! Great to *see* Special Happy Veterans day to you!

[Fawnn]

It's supposed to be a wOOhOO that has a military flag lettering background.

[SandRat]

See,..courtesy of FR you still get to virtually go to the parade, see some of the sights from the ceremony and displays after the parade.

[luvie]

Oh...I was looking at the properties and missed that it was a WooHoo! It'll probably show up 2 hours from now! LOL!

[trussell]

Wow Fawnn...that one is really pretty!!!

[Fawnn]

Thanks!

[luvie]

Beautiful, Ms.Feathers....*tears*

Thanks to the members of your family who are, or were, veterans! They are my heroes!

[luvie]

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