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Topic: Memorial Day
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jwhop Knowflake Posts: 10112 From: Madeira Beach, Florida Registered: Aug 2001
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posted May 25, 2008 11:06 AM
MEMORIAL DAY.We walked among the crosses Where our fallen soldiers lay. And listened to the bugle As TAPS began to play. The Chaplin led a prayer We stood with heads bowed low. And I thought of fallen comrades I had known so long ago. They came from every city Across this fertile land. That we might live in freedom. They lie here 'neath the sand. I felt a little guilty My sacrifice was small. I only lost a little time But these men lost their all. Now the services are over For this Memorial Day. To the names upon these crosses I just want to say, Thanks for what you've given No one could ask for more. May you rest with God in heaven From now through evermore ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif) ~By C W J (C W Johnson)- May 1975~ "The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children." ~William Havard~
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AceNeerav Knowflake Posts: 22 From: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Registered: Apr 2008
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posted May 25, 2008 11:54 AM
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juniperb Knowflake Posts: 6980 From: Blue Star Kachina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted May 25, 2008 12:10 PM
Lovely jwhop, thank you for sharing. For all the fallen soldiers and our loved ones who have passed beyond the veil A Blessed Memorial Day ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/angel.gif) love,juni ------------------ ~ What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
jwhop Knowflake Posts: 10112 From: Madeira Beach, Florida Registered: Aug 2001
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posted May 26, 2008 04:15 PM
Perhaps AceNeerav you'd like to rethink your post. Given that this is Memorial Day weekend here in the United States, a remembrance of all those who have died in military service to the United States going all the way back to the Revolutionary War of independence in 1776, 232 years; perhaps you'd like to delete what you posted and post instead, a ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif)
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BlueRoamer Knowflake Posts: 4461 From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean Registered: Jun 2003
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posted May 26, 2008 04:20 PM
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venusdeindia Knowflake Posts: 1204 From: mumbai,india Registered: Nov 2006
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posted May 27, 2008 05:05 AM
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NosiS Moderator Posts: 1119 From: ) Registered: Apr 2004
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posted May 27, 2008 06:15 PM
Your respect is appreciated, Ace. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif) IP: Logged |
jwhop Knowflake Posts: 10112 From: Madeira Beach, Florida Registered: Aug 2001
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posted May 27, 2008 06:52 PM
I agree Ace ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/thumbsup.gif) IP: Logged |
BlueRoamer Knowflake Posts: 4461 From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean Registered: Jun 2003
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posted May 27, 2008 08:06 PM
Neerav, don't let the right wingers silence you!IP: Logged |
ghanima81 Moderator Posts: 1624 From: MAINE! :) Registered: Aug 2003
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posted May 27, 2008 09:17 PM
Thank you, jwhop. This is why we do what we do.... How can I turn away Brother/sister go dancing Through my head Human as to human The future is no place To place your better days Cry freedom, cry From a crowd 10,000 wide Hope laid upon hope That this crowd will not subside Let this flag burn to dust And a new a fair design be raised While we wait head in hands, Hands in prayer And fall into a dreamless sleep again And we wave our hands Hands and feet are all alike But gold between divide us Hands and feet are all alike But fear between divide us All slip away There was a window and by it stood A mirror in which He could see himself He thought of something Something he had never had but Hoped would come along Cry freedom, cry From deep inside Where we are all confined While we wave hands in fire Wave our hands Hands and feet are all alike But gold between divide us Hands and feet are all alike But fear between divide us, Slip away In this room stood a little child And in this room this little child She would remain Until someone might decide To dance this little child Across this hall Into a cold, dark, space Where she might never trace her Way across this crooked mile Across this crooked page Cry freedom, cry From deep inside where We are all confined Till we wave our hands How can I turn away Brother/sister go dancing Through my head Human as to human The future is no place To place your better days Hands and feet are all alike but gold between divide us hands and feet are all alike but fear between divide us hands and feet are all alike hear what I say hear what I say oh, so be it How can I turn away brother/sister go dancing through my head human as to human the future is no place to place your better days. To Mike, TJ, Lawrence, Ryan, Jeremy, I love you all! You are heroes! Ghani IP: Logged |