Happy Memorial Day & Suggestion!

[Irish]

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Suggestion:If you see someone
(man or woman)in uniform,shake their hand & tell them,"Thank
You"!If someone had done that,to me,at least I would have felt
appreciated! Irish:mad:
P.S.You might not think,that it means anything.It does!

[Bardog]

Good idea, Irish!

BTW Did anyone know that the idea for Memorial day was startedin Columbus, Ms? It was called "Decorations Day" all of the people in town got together to clean and place flowers on the grave sites of the confederate soldies after the Civil War.

[wyndhy]

<-----shakes Irish's hand and gives him a BIG kiss. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

[Teddy Bear]

Thank you to all men & women in uniform, past or present, who served our country!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Memorial Day is a patriotic holiday that was originally created in the United States to honor military personnel who died in the Civil War. Today, Memorial Day also honors those who died to defend the United States in all wars.

The Last Monday in May ...

is the time when most states in the Unites States observe Memorial Day as a legal holiday. Memorial Day was declared a legal holiday in most states during 1971.

Flowers, particularly poppies, are used extensively as decorations during Memorial Day. Flowers are used to decorate military gravesites, and during the dedication of memorials, military exercises, and special programs. US Ports honor those who died at sea by floating small model ships filled with flowers.

On Memorial Day the United States flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon. In the morning, the flag should momentarily be raised to the top, before lowering to half-staff.

Memorial Day ceremonies traditionally include the reading of President Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address".

http://www.holiday-art.com/holiday-traditions/memorial-day.htm

[Teddy Bear]

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Just a few weeks after one of the most horrific battles in history, President Lincoln was invited to Gettysburg to make a "few appropriate remarks". Another invited 'rhetorician' asked for more time to prepare, and had the ceremony postponed. His speech lasted over two hours. Yet it is President Lincoln's "few appropriate remarks" that remains one of the most remembered speeches in history.

President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address exemplifies the art and craft of writing at its finest, and shows how art memorializes an important event into a holiday such as Memorial Day.


November 19, 1863

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met here on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But in a larger sense we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled, here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

President Abraham Lincoln.

http://www.holiday-art.com/art-crafts/writing-craft.htm

[imaginewithme]

Thank you to all of those who make our lives easier!

[jseal]

Gentlefolk,

I mentioned this thread to my brother – Full Bird, Marines. He said that you are all very welcome and to have a beer for his Devil Dogs sometime this weekend.

[LixyChick]

Excellent idea Irish! Will do!

(((jseal's brother)))...*raises beer to the Devil Dogs* OK...so it's a tad early for the beer yet...but I'll definately do it a bit later today!

Did you guys know that before it was Arlington Cemetary...it was General Lee's estate? The U.S. government took his land to bury the Union soldiers on. I just heard that info yesterday (though I may have learned it in school, many moons ago) and found it to be quite interesting!

[Irish]

jseal---My uncle(in Conn)is a retired Marine Officer(actually,there
is no such thing as a retired Marine)Luckily,even in his '80s,he lived ,long enough,to see the new memorial. Irish
P.S. those guys never admit to getting older.My cousin(his daughter)e-mailed me last year,that he was mad because he was
tired,carrying a 50lb bag of fertiliser)in from the car.He said "I used to carry two ammunition cans up a hill & not get tired."She
said "Dad,you're in your 80s now!"He was brought up,to never
admit defeat!:confused:

[Nice Guy]

Hmm maybe I should stop making fun of my dad for being in the Navy, ie singing In the Navy. In all honest though I have nothing but respect for him and anyone else that put on a uniform and did their job.

[Oldfart]

I toured Arlington late July '03 and was deeply impressed by the

reverence given to these fallen.

BTW, the poppies are a WW1 reference to the battles of the Somme and

the Flanders fields.

[Sugarsprinkles]

Thank you, Irish, Pantyfanatic, and every other Pixie man or woman who served our country when called upon to do so.
Without you all we wouldn't enjoy the freedoms we have today.
:heart: :heart: :heart:

[Irish]

SS.---Thanks.You're husband,also! Irish

[rockintime]

FALL in!

Tennnnn-HUTT!

PREEEEEE-sennnnt ARMS!

Officers, HANNNND sah-LUTE!



I believe it's an honor to serve...but the gratitude of those protected IS appreciated.

:)

[jseal]

Nice Guy,

My dad was also in the Navy. 1947-48 Caribbean duty. Did he luck out, or what!

[Sugarsprinkles]

Originally posted by Irish
SS.---Thanks.You're husband,also! Irish


I'll pass it along to him, Irish. Thank you for remembering him.

[Sugarsprinkles]

I hesitate to post after one of my own posts but I think this is important enough to do it.

I know some of our Pixie ladies sew, and some of the wives of our Pixie's gentlemen do too. I have recently been made aware of a group who are making quilts to be given to families of the men and women who have given their lives in Iraq. It started for just families of Marines but now they include every branch of the military. They will accept quilt blocks, squares of fabric with a comforting message and signature. And if you wish to help in another way, they also accept monetary donations to help them purchase supplies, and send sets of blocks, batting and backing to volunteers to assemble them.

Also if you are or know in immediate family member of a war zone casualty they will take the information so they can get a quilt to the family.

I'm NOT affiliated with this group but I thought at least a few Pixies might be interested.

Here is the link:

http://www.marinecomfortquilts.us/index.html

With my husband being a former Marine and Vietnam veteran, I personally will be sewing at least a few quilt blocks to donate.

[Teddy Bear]

Originally posted by rockintime
FALL in!

Tennnnn-HUTT!

PREEEEEE-sennnnt ARMS!

Officers, HANNNND sah-LUTE!



I believe it's an honor to serve...but the gratitude of those protected IS appreciated.

:)


A) THANK YOU rockintime for serving our country!! *hugs*

B) Suggestion: I think it would be terrific to have a list of Pixie service men & women, what branch of the service they were in and when & where they served. Can this be done?

C) SS, I'm going to pass that quilt link onto the the Girl Scout troops in my area. What a terrific idea, TY for posting it.