Memorial Day-Enjoy and remember...

[DP]

Doesn't mean that the holiday can't be celebrated; just remember why. I reference Steve G.'s post down a bit:

https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,2742880

[robfilms]

i just put the flag up on the terrace.

not many flags flying off residences in the nw bronx.

i always fly the flag on holidays.

to me, there is a reverence that is demanded.

from 2016-2020 the flag was flown upside down as a distress signal.

this year there is a sadness: buffalo, uvalde, roe, fla vs disney.

but we still need to be hopeful and thus remain committed to acknowledging the debt of others who allowed us to live in a country though riddled with problems is still "free".

thumbs up.

rob

[DP]

The Chief ’s eye flashed; but presently
Softened itself, as sheathes
film the mother-eagle’s eye
When her bruised eaglet breathes:

‘You’re wounded!’ ‘Nay’, his soldier’s pride
Touched to the quick, he said:
‘I’m killed, Sire!’ And, his Chief beside,
Smiling, the boy fell dead.

- Incident of the French Camp, Robert Browning

[MrNoBody]

[SteveG]

Decoration Day 1881


June 1868


dated 1908



Decoration Day 1881

'A lesson In History - Decoration Day' Harper's Weekly

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May 30, 1871



Oration by 1868 James A Garfield (U.S. President 1881)

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1875

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[robfilms]

steve g-

REAL nice post.

thanks for all of the time and energy.

really interesting to see all the visuals.

thumbs up.

rob

[RAMd®d]

i always fly the flag on holidays.

to me, there is a reverence that is demanded.


Thank you, rob, for your service.