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Veterans Memorial Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | ||
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| An investment in knowledge pays the best interest |
Jallen, Thank you sir for sharing that memorial. I didn't know it existed and I love the harmonious nature of the design. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Even if the 11:11 isn't true which I don't have any evidence against, that's really a great memorial. Seriously, very moving. Kudos to the people of Arizona. First time I heard of it too. Thank you for posting. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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That is very cool. I would like to see it in person, of course, at 11:11 am on the 11th. ARman | |||
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A Grateful American |
It's true. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Triggers don't pull themselves  |
Very nice. Thanks for sharing. Michael | |||
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Brilliant! I’d like to see more of these. | |||
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That's incredible! Would love to see that in person one day | |||
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Ammoholic |
Now on the list. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Political Cynic |
I will be there its located just inside the main entrance to the park which will likely be jam-packed with veterans will be hitting the road early [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Political Cynic |
for those that have forgotten, this is what Veterans Day is about...  [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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Thought that was Memorial Day? Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
Incredible memorial. Makes one wonder if in 3,000 years some other culture will be picking through our ruins, thinking we were advanced because they find some stones that line up at 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month of our calendar. JROTC cadets look like shit sandwiches though. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Yeah, someone always gets ‘em backwards. | |||
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| Live for today. Tomorrow will cost more  |
^^^^^^ You are correct. Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May; Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who died while in military service. suaviter in modo, fortiter in re | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
They always do. We had one today that looked like a Russian General with a slew of medals. I love the full rack ‘o ribbons too. I went to the presentation at my kids school today at their insistence; otherwise you’d never catch me dead at one. Highlight was meeting an honest to goodness Pearl Harbor survivor. | |||
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Only the strong survive |
There is a church that was built in the 1800's that has the sun shine on the pulpit. I think it is located on Eastern Shore. 41 | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I have a problem with the assertion that the alignment only occurs at 11:11 on 11 November every year, because the Solar Year (which determines where the Sun is in the sky) does not perfectly align with the Calendar Year (which determines what day it is). The misalignment is sufficient that we have to add a day roughly every 4 years to account for it. If the monument is sufficiently designed to allow for that deviation, then it probably is not able to be accurate to the minute, either. (But it could be close.) flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Political Cynic |
I understand the difference between Veterans and Memorial day Veterans Day is for ALL veterans, not just the ones that are alive otherwise how would you explain the poem 'Flander's Fields' and the implication that the gentleman and patriot in the casket isn't a veteran worth of remembering [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
Flanders Fields is a poem commemorating the dead from The Great War (WWI). After the end of WWII, November 11 was renamed from "Armistice Day" to "Veteran's Day." Therefore, it changed from a day commemorating the end of one war in particular, to honoring all veterans everywhere. So, yes, we will certainly remember our fallen warriors tomorrow (as we should EVERY day), but Veteran's Day is a day for ALL veterans. We get a lot of stuff around Memorial Day with people thanking vets for our service. We kindly remind them that *our* day isn't until November, and Memorial Day is for those of us who never came home (or are otherwise not with us). I recall watching a Hogan's Heroes episode when I was a kid. Hogan was asking Colonel Klink if the POWs could celebrate the upcoming Armistice Day holiday. It did not go well for Hogan. Of course, I was so young, that I didn't understand the joke until years later. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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