Today, is memorial day... I am so proud of our troops. To see our men and women in uniform always brings tears to my eyes and gives me goosebumps of awe. As the proud granddaughter of a Colonel (my grandmother would die to hear me drop rank... hehehehe). I know first hand the sacrifices my grandfather made to be a part of our armed forces. He was selected as part of the Olympic fencing team, and decided instead to head off to bootcamp that summer. His daughter didn't recognize him when he returned home from war, my grandmother raised their five children alone while my grandfather went off to fight first in Vietnam, then in Korea. With all their sacrifice and all the pain they endured for the honor of our country, they are still the lucky ones. My grandfather is alive, and he is whole, and he enjoyed a fabulous life as a civilian. There have been so many more even in my lifetime who aren't that lucky.
So, today remember that you are mortal... that they were mortal... and they gave their sweet, short lives for a cause altogether bigger than any one of us.
US Navy Troops - Fleet Week 2010
US Soldier in Afghanistan
Iraq War Soldiers
First Gulf War Coffins and Soldiers Come Home
Vietnam War Soldier
Korean War Soldier
WWII Soldier
WWI Soldier
Civil War Soldier
Revolutionary War Battlefield
3 comments:
Oh Elle ... what a wonderful Memorial Day tribute. You have a great heritage, and your parents and grandparents must be awfully proud to have you ~ posterity that appreciates and reverences freedom and those who fight for it. Your Grandfather - WOW - a true hero... So glad I read your blog first thing this morning. It will set the tone for my day.
oxoxox
Denalee
Great blog and I am glad you made it all about what today truly is! God bless our troops
Lovely pictures. Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend. Great blog.
xxMK
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