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05-26-16, 06:20 PM
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Memorial Day
With Memorial Day coming up, I want to thank all those that served with our armed forces! A big thank you to you all!
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05-26-16, 06:30 PM
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In before Sailor Steve
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05-26-16, 08:34 PM
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05-27-16, 05:48 AM
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05-27-16, 07:32 PM
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A big thank you and salute to all those who served in uniform and made enormous sacrifices and in many cases, made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
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05-27-16, 08:21 PM
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Same, from my neck of the woods. Thanks to everyone who serve's our country in the military. God Bless!
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05-28-16, 02:36 AM
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I appreciate the wishes but, Memorial Day in the United States is for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.
Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces. So you see the living veterans holiday is Veterans Day, while Memorial Day is for our brothers who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.
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05-28-16, 02:48 AM
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Back in England, we celebrated the two together on Remembrance Sunday, but my family changed it up once we moved back here. One way or another, though, I propose a toast at noon Greenwich time Monday to those who gave thier lives so we can have our freedoms that we have. "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We shall remember them." -Robert Laurence Binyon, 'For the Fallen'
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05-28-16, 06:56 AM
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Chief of the Boat
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~SALUTE~
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05-28-16, 08:59 AM
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Well said, HW3.
Or, to steal a phrase, I'M NOT DEAD YET!
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05-28-16, 09:34 AM
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05-28-16, 11:54 AM
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05-28-16, 12:04 PM
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Oh, we appreciate the sentiment, but Memorial Day is in memoriam, in memory of someone who is no longer with us.
And pointing out the truth is not PC, however you may want to label it. 
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05-28-16, 12:16 PM
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In the Brig
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I thought for sure Sailor Steve was going to be the first one to make the correction. Guess I was wrong
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05-28-16, 12:19 PM
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And I said I appreciated the wishes. I was simply pointing out that the dead have their day, and the living have their day. As a veteran (US Air Force 69-76), I feel the attention on Memorial Day belongs solely to our dead, they earned it.
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