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In Flanders Fields
Most Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored, neglected. People no longer remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. Many think the day is for honoring any and all dead, and not just those fallen in service to our country. here is a little information on memorial day for you to read
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.
John McCrae, 1915.
As I sit here and write this I think of all of those brave men and women who have afforded me the right to do such things
--Thank You
The heart of the matter
You shouldn't feel all that bad if you didn't realize that a national POW-MIA Day exists. It's not a day a lot of people pause to observe or are even aware of. It's a day that raises the very ugly possibility that Americans have been left behind after their wars are over. It's one of...
Let them rest in Peace
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Vietnam Era Veterans America's Elder Military Generation
Vietnam War Era Veterans Become America's Elder Military Generation America's WW2 War and Era veterans are passing rapidly at a rate of approximately 1,800 per week according to the Veterans Administration (2004). Vietnam Era (non-war) veterans are surviving comparable to Americans who...
In Flanders Fields
Most Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored, neglected. People no longer remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. Many think the day is for honoring any and all dead,...