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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
    Thank you!

    Bless your dad, too. We will mis that generation.

    ETA: I meant to say Bronze- fixed it.
    "The Greatest Generation."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    Nice, simple, and poignant.

    There used to be parades at home on 'traditional' Memorial Day, May 30, which is also my birthday.
    I thought as a young kid the parade was for me, but my Mom took me aside and explained the meaning
    to me. With Dad assigned overseas at the time, the meaning stuck - hard!
    Thought it was for you ...
    “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke

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