God Bless America
 

Welcome Home Veterans parade in my town today followed by a community fair. I will be there all afternoon working a booth for our local kids rec league.

http://www.welcomehomeagainparade.co...egon/Home.html

I have a "Fellow Vets Eat Free" policy on 9/11. Sort of a pass it along thing. It is probably just me but I think that they should replay the video of the planes everyday, so we truly WON'T forget.
Ok, off my soap box now. God Bless America!

Remember ...
 

"That government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
(President Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

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Judtech, in my mind, as well as my family's, there are 2 days that should be made Federal Holidays. Those 2 days are 9/11 & 12/7, as both days America was attacked & many lives were lost.

Like what was said back on 12/8/1941: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, A day which will live in infamy". This phrase can also be used as a perfect description of 9/11.

"This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world."
George W Bush 9/11/2001

"Today, those sacrifices are being made by members of our armed forces who now defend us so far from home, and by their proud and worried families.... We ask a lot of those who wear our uniform. We ask them to leave their loved ones, to travel great distances, to risk injury, even to be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice of their lives. They are dedicated. They are honorable. They represent the best of our country, and we are grateful."


"The battle is now joined on many fronts. We will not waiver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail. Thank you. May God continue to bless America"

George W Bush 10/07/2001

"The words are the same now as they were in 2001.. and in 1963
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Martin Luther King


To all my frends in Afghanistan and Iraq it has been a honor to serve with you. Keep your heads down and come back swiftly and safely!