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    Quote Originally Posted by Hooahguy View Post


    thank you.
    Well said.

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    At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.

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    Have a good Memorial Day, you guys in the US.

    From a German who ultimately also "reaped" the benefits from the efforts of US citizens doing their service.


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    2nd to the Soviet veterans.

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    Thank you



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    Thanks, veterans!

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    Radio Story of Mem Day in Belgium

    The smallest of the official American war cemeteries, just 368 graves, is Flanders Field in Belgium, made famous by the poem written in 1915. The tiny city closest to the cemetery is Waregem, and every year since 1919 (except for four years during the WWII occupation) Flemish schoolchildren have learned and performed the Star-Spangled Banner in English on Memorial Day weekend. The mayor of the town was himself one of the "singing children of Waregem" as they are called and is said to be very proud of the tradition.
    Stories like that touch my heart. No one would blame that village if they just quietly dropped their observance, since the events happened almost a hundred years ago. But they don't. They remember, and the whole town turns out, and the kids learn enough American English to sing "The Star Spangled Banner". I'm humbled.

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    Thanks to all those who made this country possible through their sacrifices.

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    This day sounds somewhat like ANZAC day here, basically a nationwide funeral to grieve the lives of those young foolish men lost to war and reflect on the futility of war.


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    for all soldiers who died fighting for worthy causes.
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    God Bless the troops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miotas View Post


    This day sounds somewhat like ANZAC day here, basically a nationwide funeral to grieve the lives of those young foolish men lost to war and reflect on the futility of war.

    Foolish?


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