Today is Veteran's Day and we honor all those who have bravely served this nation. Whether they made the ultimate sacrifice or not, the decision to join our nation's armed services and take an oath to put country over self is the epitome of a selfless act. One local author ha...
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St. Martin of Tours, pray for us! * * * * * Today is also, as you know, Veterans’ Day. Don’t know where I’d be without the veterans in my life—don’t think that I’d be here, actually. I love you, Daddy! Thank you for your service. * * * * * Finally, I know th...
I penned this poem because there is such a need for more forgiveness in our wounded world. As the empathic moon pales of lustre of life, and the downcast stars fall in the hour of lamentation, unforgiveness has its own realm of misery. Our anger and rese
This Memorial Day, another poem for those who lost their lives while in service to their nation. In Flanders Field, written by Canadian John McCrae, MD (No
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial again, depending on the light to make a difference. I go down the 58,022 names, half-expecting to find my own in letters like smoke. I touch the name Andrew Johnson; I see the booby trap’s white flash. ...
“’We’ll see so many islands!’ the captain did say, but all that we saw was Guantanamo Bay,” Bentley wrote. “I must include plant status or they’ll throw a cow, and use my rotting corpse as a temporary brow.” For his efforts, Bentley will win a pi...
TheIn Flanders Fields Songand theFLANDERS FIELDS Educational Kit– 6 Lesson Plans for Teacherswere created to commemorate both, paying tribute to our veterans and signifying our commitment to the memory of all fallen soldiers and a recommitment to Remembrance and global peace. ...
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You’re going to need to have a lot of energy for your adventures. We have many local restaurants that serve some of the best breakfast you’ll put in your mouth, but there is one chain restaurant that the locals love, if you have tim...
For the son is brought with the father; In the foremost ranks of the fierce assault they fell; Two veterans, son and father, dropt together, And the double grave awaits them. 20 Now nearer blow the bugles, And the drums strike more convulsive; ...