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| Baldo | May 26 2012, 08:36 AM Post #1 |
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I know that my fellow Blog Hooligans will be honoring all those men and women who have died in our military service. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War. (Southern ladies organizations and southern schoolchildren had decorated Confederate graves in Richmond and other cities during the Civil War, but each region had its own date. Most dates were in May.) By the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died in all wars. Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. As a marker it typically marks the start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. |
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| cks | May 26 2012, 08:43 AM Post #2 |
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A nation that forgets to honor those who have given their lives to protect its freedoms is a nation that will surrender those freedoms as by that deliberate action of forgetting has demonstated those freedoms are worthless. - Hopefully citizens of this country will remember this not only this weekend but every day.
Edited by cks, May 26 2012, 08:44 AM.
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| kbp | May 26 2012, 11:05 AM Post #3 |
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We are lucky to have had such honorable and dedicated men that gave the lives for us. ************************************** ...deliberate action of forgetting You sound like my wife. If I forget something, she somehow determines it was "deliberate". |
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| cks | May 26 2012, 02:52 PM Post #4 |
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kbp - won't wade into that one..... However, I do think, as a nation, there is a movement afoot among the educational elites to forget. Look at how history is being downplayed in the schools, the national observances that once were a hallmark - taught and celebrated - now barely get a mention. THat is the first step on the path of forgetting. |
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| kbp | May 26 2012, 03:53 PM Post #5 |
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You just described selective memory ...so maybe my wife is correct sometimes! Edited by kbp, May 26 2012, 03:54 PM.
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| Duke parent 2004 | May 26 2012, 09:12 PM Post #6 |
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The biggest regret of my life: not serving in the military.. How best to make up for it: learn as much as practicable about why this nation has been worth dying for.. If we fail as civilians to resist those in our midst who erode the foundations of freedom, who belittle the epochal role of America in the march of history, we deserve to be scorned by the shades of those who gave their lives to safeguard much, much more than our comfort. |
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| Baldo | May 26 2012, 10:01 PM Post #7 |
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“What is past is prologue” This quote is by William Shakespeare from his play The Tempest act II, scene i, lines 253–54 George Santana’s , "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" The History of the World is really a re-write. When we don't teach the younger generation about the cost of freedom we are dooming them |
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| LTC8K6 | May 26 2012, 10:32 PM Post #8 |
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Assistant to The Devil Himself
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| kbp | May 27 2012, 12:30 AM Post #9 |
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Who did you quote there? As much credit and envy as I have for your work with words, surely you borrowed that from somebody we’d all know of. |
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| Duke parent 2004 | May 27 2012, 06:32 AM Post #10 |
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Before asking such a question, you should find better strings of words than mine. |
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| Quasimodo | May 27 2012, 10:27 AM Post #11 |
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| cks | May 28 2012, 06:43 AM Post #12 |
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I always think of the picture of James Reagan's fiancee on his gravesite - the tragedy and sacrifice that service to country entails not just for those who gave their lives but for their loved ones who lose a part of themselves as well. |
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| foxglove | May 28 2012, 08:55 AM Post #13 |
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On Memoiral Day, we pause to remember the sacrifice of our brave troops and their families. Let's hope that the lives of our brave young men and women are not wasted on wars which benefit and are contrived by only a few. Our best memorial to those we have lost to war is to strive to prevent war if at all possible. To do that requires one to look beyond the myths and propaganda and cliches. |
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| abb | May 28 2012, 11:44 AM Post #14 |
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http://www.startribune.com/local/127347018.html Photo of eagle on Fort Snelling gravestone touches hearts, goes viral Article by: JON TEVLIN , Star Tribune Updated: August 10, 2011
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| Mason | May 28 2012, 01:55 PM Post #15 |
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. Yes, absolutely. Great Men. Great Sacrifices. And to their Families that also made great sacrifices. . |
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