Veterans' Day

[KarenAM]

To all the vets, here and elsewhere:

Thank You!

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Amen.

Especially to my Grandfather, you are deeply missed.

 

[Guest]

Today, and always, we remember them.

(Remembrance Day for us - although officially marked on Sunday)

Thank you.

Lou

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Thank You

 

[matriarch]

 

[cloudy]

Thank you.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

For Gramps

For all of his Brothers

 

[razor_nut]

To the greatest generation, of whom are my greatest inspiration. To my great uncle, a suvivor of Pearl Harbor. RIP. To my grandfather, a liberator of Europe and vet of D-day. Your deeds and lives will forever motivate me.

 

[rgraham666]

I'll never forget.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

In Flanders Fields
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 (1872-1918)

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

The other military veterans here will probably hang back on this, so I'll take it upon myself to say "Thank You" for all of us. Thank you for the poppies and poem, the thoughts and the thread.

The older I get, the more these things mean to me, and the more I hope that someday, the only vets will be folks who treat animals.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[pop_54]

We shall not forget, all who served their country in the effort of freedom.

 

[TheEarl]

If I should fall, think only this of me,
That there is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England.

Thank you.

The Earl

 

[Jagged]

To all those who went in harms way so we would have a better life.

I heard there are still 500 vets of WWI. Those old timers must have seen some of the worst fighting.

Courage and bravery like that deserves more then just a day. When you see a vet say thanks. The reaction I find is priceless.

Thank you....