This weekend is Memorial Day, the traditional BBQ kickoff to summer. But on these shores, it’s the day to remember the fallen from past – and current – wars. The day was originally called Decoration Day, the date was at the very beginning of summer so that wild flowers would be available everywhere for families to decorate the graves of their fallen loved ones.
Many had no graves to decorate, as their loved one had an anonymous foreign grave for their final rest. Today the Texas Air National Guard (and others) bring the fallen home on “Angel Flights”. This weekend, remember them. Both the quick and the dead.
Sorry folks it is late today, I had it posted and scheduled to populate at 4 AM and I just got back from having work done on my truck. It disappeared out of the queue.
Contributed by Wild, wild West.
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Good Morning, Bear Claw!
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Caution – John M Browning at work.
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Identify the aircraft.
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Identify the soldier.
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Identify the weapon, purchaser and purpose.
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Belgium Trench Sweepers WW-One.
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Building an AR15-vs-AK47.
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Required Reading.
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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
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Winchester 1895.
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Whatever happens, they have the Maxim gun, and you do not.