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Old 11-11-2020, 10:03   #1
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Veterans Day November 11, 2020 Thank You!

Whether it’s to be happy, remembered or solemnly observed, I just want take this moment to honor and respect our American service members for their courage, their sacrifices and their commitment to not just our country but to the world.

Thank you and may you, your family and the family’s of our lost soles find comfort in their service.
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Old 11-11-2020, 10:09   #2
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Hear, hear, Brother....

Thank you all for your service and the many sacrifices you have made and continue to make!

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Wrong time zone but, a bell tolls for thee - on the 11th Hour of the 11th Day on the 11th Month.

Armistice Day
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Old 11-11-2020, 11:21   #4
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Happy Veterans day to you all and a sincere thanks for your service!
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To all my Brothers, Savor the Day.

Yeah, even the busted-up old warhorse FOGs - look, I know we shoulda bought the extended maintenance warranty but how the hell did we know?
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Old 11-11-2020, 12:46   #6
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Happy Veterans' Day to all here - and thank you all so very much for your service!
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Salute, all!
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Old 11-11-2020, 13:40   #8
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Thanks to all who have gone before us and paid the price.

Long live the republic.

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WESTMORLAND. O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!

KING. What's he that wishes so?
My cousin, Westmorland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark'd to die, we are enough
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmorland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say "To-morrow is Saint Crispian."
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words—
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester—
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

William Shakespeare
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Old 11-11-2020, 14:17   #9
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Home of the Free because of the Brave !

Thank you Veterans past, present and future !!

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Thanks to all the veterans past and present here and everywhere. Hand salute!
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Old 11-11-2020, 16:48   #11
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My deepest respect and thanks to our Veterans.
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Old 11-11-2020, 19:20   #12
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God bless your sacrifice and service. I thank you.

A veteran's service and sacrifice never ends until the last breath. I wish you all good fortune and great joy in this life. For Family, God and Country!
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Wrong time zone but, a bell tolls for thee - on the 11th Hour of the 11th Day on the 11th Month.

Armistice Day
Hope everyone had a serene Armistice Day!

I finally saw They Shall Never Grow Old.
That is a harrowingly solid one about the war to end all wars, which culminated on 11/11/1918. It covers partial history from Jackon's perspective, but still solid nonetheless on the 'mad minute' and its toll.
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