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    Memorial Day. I've posted this before and am doing so again. This small cartoon picture tells an awfully big story. Many gave their lives. Much blood was spilled for our freedom. Many are still out there putting their lives on the line. And far, far too many take our freedoms for granted.


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    This is our day to say: Thank you to the men and women in our Military and also their families.

    You sacrificed a lot for us and our country.

    I you and will never forget!!
    "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself."
    Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

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    Quote Originally Posted by stephanie View Post
    This is our day to say: Thank you to the men and women in our Military and also their families.

    You sacrificed a lot for us and our country.

    I you and will never forget!!

    Thank you stephanie. Your intent is appreciated but...MEMORIAL DAY is dedicated to all Americans in Uniform who GAVE THEIR ALL, and THEIR LIFE.

    Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Veterans Day is an official United States holiday which honors people who have served in armed service also known as veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11.
    I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
    So, this is for them.
    GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !

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    Quote Originally Posted by aboutime View Post
    Thank you stephanie. Your intent is appreciated but...MEMORIAL DAY is dedicated to all Americans in Uniform who GAVE THEIR ALL, and THEIR LIFE.

    Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Veterans Day is an official United States holiday which honors people who have served in armed service also known as veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11.
    Yes I know that. But I like to honor them by honoring our living military men and women. As they carry on their legacy.
    "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself."
    Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

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    I've not been honored enough to to know someone who's died for my freedom, but I know many who've known them.heres one
    He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.AeschylusRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/qu...zeMUwcpY1Io.99

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    Quote Originally Posted by stephanie View Post
    This is our day to say: Thank you to the men and women in our Military and also their families.

    You sacrificed a lot for us and our country.

    I you and will never forget!!

    Hey girl, how the heck are you?
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    Welcome back Steph.

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    Remember, while we enjoy our day at the beach. Three dead Americans on the beach at Buna:

    After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown

    “Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
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    "The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill


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    I don't know why but I feel compelled to post a few words regarding those men I remember on Memorial day.

    Friends that I served with that didn't make it through some of the stuff we went through, I remember you!
    Dad, and my uncles that made it through WWII and the Korean war and have since passed, I remember you!
    Men that I served with and have since passed through causes other than combat, I remember you!
    Soldiers, sailors, Marines that I heard about but didn't know personally, I remember you!

    I am old now and sometimes have trouble remembering names but I remember your faces. I remember your smiles, your tears and your personalities.
    I remember your loyalty, honor and integrity; your selfless service in battle and even after when home with family .... yes I remember you!


    Sorry, just had to get that out there.
    I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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    remembering my dad and his his generation. he enlisted the day after Pearl Harbor at 17. just a kid. and looks like it



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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
    Remember, while we enjoy our day at the beach. Three dead Americans on the beach at Buna:

    and the slaughter on Tarawa


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    Quote Originally Posted by namvet View Post
    remembering my dad and his his generation. he enlisted the day after Pearl Harbor at 17.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stephanie View Post
    This is our day to say: Thank you to the men and women in our Military and also their families.

    You sacrificed a lot for us and our country.

    I you and will never forget!!
    I'll tell you right now I'd rather be me than my wife. The families never get enough credit. Other side of the coin: don't whine at me when I'm deployed. You can hop in your car and go to Jack in the Crack and anywhere else you want.. I can go to the ship's store.

    The sacrifice is a two-sided deal.
    “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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    Quote Originally Posted by stephanie View Post
    Yes I know that. But I like to honor them by honoring our living military men and women. As they carry on their legacy.
    Those are very kind words indeed.
    I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?

    "I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"

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