Veterans Day - Nov 11
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Printed Date: December-29-2024 at 2:38pm
Topic: Veterans Day - Nov 11
Posted By: sanity
Subject: Veterans Day - Nov 11
Date Posted: November-10-2008 at 11:46am
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We all hold a special place in our hearts for special veterans in our lives that this day hold strong memories of what they gave for our freedom.
We must never forget the cost of our freedom. Each and every time we hold our children, embrace a new day, and enjoy an afternoon on our cc's....let us not forget what cost was given for those simple pleasures we enjoy each and every day. Tomorrow is Veterans Day, the day we honor the brave men and women who served our country with honor and valor for hundreds of years and many wars and conflicts throughout our history. Veterans Day at one time was called Armistice Day. It became a legal national holiday in 1938. In 1954, President Eisenhower changed the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. The holiday was celebrated on the 4th Monday of May until the late 1970's when it was changed to November 11 to represent the day and time the armistice was signed. On that day at 11 a.m., veterans around the country gather together to commemorate the day by removing their cover, bowing their heads and praying for their comrades. May God bless all who have served and those who serve today. |
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Posted By: Kristof
Date Posted: November-10-2008 at 1:54pm
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I will be present in the ranks at a ceremony in their honour...
Strange thing is that every year around this period, I take a look at the last ten minutes of "Saving Private Ryan"... Thinking back of our trip to Normandy and the Memorials over there... Reading names of young men that sacrificed their lives for our freedom... ------------- - Gun control means: using BOTH hands! - Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: November-10-2008 at 2:38pm
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before i die, i want to make it to Normandy and see the memorials and the concentration camps in Germany. we sometimes have a tendency to take things for granted and i think the reason is you guys in uniform and woman protect us from that, we are not exposed to the results of war in our backyard. i honor anyone who has served and especially Vietnam Vets because they were there because they were told to be there, they did thier job as i wouldve if I had served. thanks for freedom and the ability to post our thoughts, its from the lives lost and our countries willingness to get involved to pass the word "freedom" ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: hasbeenskier
Date Posted: November-10-2008 at 8:51pm
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I have said in years past and will in the future. My pop was a career ARMY Aviator. He said to me not too long ago, "Son, every time I pulled the trigger it was for you." He is my hero.
bj ------------- hasbeenskier |
Posted By: MarineTech
Date Posted: November-10-2008 at 10:24pm
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I have an uncle who landed at Normandy and he has joined with other survivors in his unit to travel to that area in celebration of Veterans Day this year. There are not very many of them left now. Those with whom I served in Vietnam are getting scarcer now too. Hopefully this country will never forget those who served or the reasons why. I was proud to do my job despite what others thought of us at the time but I never think of my service as being any where near equal to those who served in WWII.
Ken ------------- http://www.krwdirect.com/second/index.html - Projects Luchog wrote: "Anyway, you're full of s79t" |
Posted By: 86BFN
Date Posted: November-10-2008 at 11:48pm
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All gave some, some gave all.
May god Bless all the men and woman who defend our freedom, past, present and future. 
Freedom is not free. |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: November-11-2008 at 3:47am
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My hat is off to all who have served...those that served far away in troubled lands and those that served closer to home...I owe my Freedom to all of them.
john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: November-11-2008 at 9:08am
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I flew up to DC with my two girls one day last month. We did alot of memorials but was overcome with emotion as we went to the WW II memorial. That memorial is a thing of beauty and I'd recommend it to EVERYONE.
We went to "The Wall" and saw several things left there for fallen brothers but none moved me more than the WW II memorial. Thank you Veterans of all Wars and to those serving now no matter what country you call home. Thank you for the freedoms we all enjoy and take for granted. THANK YOU! Thank You! thank you! ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: November-11-2008 at 11:51pm
One of my new heros too bj... john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
hasbeenskier wrote:Posted By: h20loo
Date Posted: November-12-2008 at 12:20pm
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Sanity- thanks for posting!!
My dad passed away 4 weeks ago and he was a WW2 vet. He was injured in England and came home to spend 16 mths in a Vet hospital 60 miles away from his home.He spent his 18th birthday in there. It was always special for my boys and I to watch him march in the Veterans parade and he only did that for the past 17 years. He never talked about the war but there was one exception. When my oldest boy was 16 gramps took him aside and talked to him about the war and gave him the medals he had received. I don't know what was said but my son matured alot that day. We certainly missed gramps yesterday and can only imagine the pain that families feel that lose loved ones in battle. God bless our troops! ------------- 70 Mustang project |
Posted By: sanity
Date Posted: November-12-2008 at 12:35pm
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Doug,
I'm sorry to hear of your loss. It's stories and memories such as yours that will be treasured and passed down through a family. Your son, I am certain, holds a key to a special gift that gramps offered only to him. The medals will surely be a reminder to him of his heartfelt conversation with gramps on that day. Thanks for sharing. |