Memorial weekend

[BesstR]

Lets us not forget what this weekend stands for. Remember the ones that have given there all for this great nation. Being a Gulf War veteran myself and a Marine. I like to set back and enjoy and great cigar and drink and salute those men and women that have gone before me.
I was had my Nephews for memorial weekend and we went to the mountains. I asked them if they knew what Memorial weekend stood for. Their answer was the water park opens. What are they teaching in our schools now days. So I had a long talk with them and now they have much respect for our service members.
Bottom line enjoy the weekend and remember.

Semper Fi

 

[Shmear]

:usaflag:

 

[Hendy]

Put out all the Red White and Blue today. Even bought some more. Proud to be an American.

Thank you soldiers for all you've done.

 

[hdroadglide]

there are a lot of brave people under the ground with white crosses that gave their all so a lot of foolishness can go on today. never forget.

 

[Alwayslit]

I'll be lighting one up for those who served our country bravely.

 

[rduke10]

AMEN! I can sit in my chair and enjoy a good cigar and watch my kids run around and play because Men and Women who are Hero's gave the ultimate sacrifice for Freedom. People tend to forget that Freedom comes with a price! Remember those who won't be coming home and NEVER FORGET! Thanks to all the Hero's who sacrificed and ALWAYS REMEMBER!! :usaflag:

"I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That TAPS had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free."
- Kelly Strong

 

[mhlatke]

Always remember those that gave their lives for our freedom - not just this weekend.

 

[mcroom]

Amen brothers and sisters! Thank you so much to those that have and are serving our nation in the armed forces. God bless America!

 

[ciggy]

:sadcry: For all my brothers and sisters...Thank you!!!

 

[Craig Mac]

:thumbsup: Enjoying my freedom and honoring those that serve our country, past and present!

 

[Jughead]

WAR OF VIETNAM




One day a man was sent to a place called Vietnam
Had gotten the call from uncle Sam
He told his wife and kids don't worry I'll be back
stuffed all his clothes in an old torn sack
As he boarded the plane to go to war
he had no Idea what in the hell he was fighting for
as he got to his platoon #113
Dense jungle was all that he had seen
And to that young boy war was just a game
But after the first year, he could hardly remember his name
After seven years of fighting
He'd seen all his buddies die
He just sat down in the Jungle
and began to cry
They walked day and night, wherever they could roam
Then one day they got the call, that they were going home
He told them he'd been in Vietnam, they asked what for
Nobody cared that he had been at war
As he got older, looked at his past and sighed
At the age of eighty that once young man died
Eight years of fighting was all the he could bare
And when he returned home, realized his own country didn't care




By; Jay Nemeth

 

[Hardcore]

:usaflag: