I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ‘’VETERANS DAY’’’ MUCH….PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE HASN’T….THE KIDS THESE DAYS;;I ASSURE YOU..KNOWS WHAT CHRISTMAS,,EASTER,,HALLOWEEN,,,ETC, IS ALL ABOUT,, I THINK????....AS USUAL EVERY YEAR..WE CELEBRATE SANTA,,THE EASTER BUNNY;;WITCHES AND GOBLINS..AND TURKEY THESE CHARACTERS ARE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN HOLIDAYS……BUT CAN KIDS DEFINE ‘’VETERANS DAY’’?AND WHY DO WE CELEBRATE THIS NATIONAL HOLIDAY…????,,,I HAVE ALWAYS HONERED VETERANS DAY IN MY OWN WAY….I WALKED THE CEMENTARIES EVERY YEAR ON THIS DAY;;;SOMETIMES I DON’T EVEN PRAY,,JUST ;;WONDER’’WHO THESE PEOPLE WERE,,,THAT RISKED THEIR LIVES..TO PROVIDE THEIR FAMILIES,,FRIENDS AND AMERICA A BETTER LIFE AND ‘’FREEDOM’’’…..THIS WEEK I GATHER A LOT OF DECEASED VETERANS PHOTOS FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS,,,,,,I WANTED MY FB FRIENDS TO REALIZE THAT SOME OF THESE VETERANS ,,THAT DIED NATURALLY AT HOME OR…DIED ABROAD TRAGICALLY IN COMBAT …I ASSURE YOU THAT THESE SOLDIERS ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME EVERYDAY…..I HAVE RELATIVES THAT SERVED IN VARIOUS WARS AND CONFLICTS,,,,,YES WE ALL GET TORE UP TO HERE ABOUT FRIENDS,,NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY THAT GOES ABROAD,,,IN THE MIDST OF LIFE THREATENING ,,DAY BY DAY SITUATIONS,,,,,BUT I ASSURE YOU,, OUR MILITARY VETERANS,,THINK THE SAME ABOUT US AT HOME….MY GRANDMOTHER USE TO TELL US KIDS ..IN THE OLD DAYS,,,,ABOUT THE ‘’LETTER EDGED IN BLACK’’’’’SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING WORLD WAR 1 AND 2 IN RAYWICK,,MY GRANDMOTHER SAID SHE HAD NEIGHBORS DURING THE WARS …THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM WHAT EVER BRANCH OF THE MILITARY,,WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE A PERSONEL HOUSE CALL,,TO A THE FAMILIES OF A SOLDIER THAT HAD GOTTEN KILLED ,,[A SON OR DAUGHTER]….CAN YOU IMAGINE TO HAVE A STRANGER [OFFICIAL] TO COME TO YOUR HOME,,AND ADVISE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ,,THAT YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER WAS KILLED OR MIA…MISSING IN ACTION…BUT BACK IN THE DAYS;;;IT HAPPENED…….I WAS GOING TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT A RAYWICK BOY NAMED ;;MIKE STILES AGE 21;;;IN 1968,,,BROTHER TO JOHNNIE STILES,,,,,ONLY HAD A FEW DAYS LEFT IN VIETNAM AND AND HE VIOLUNTEERED TO GO ON HIS LAST MISSION…,,[IT WAS],,AND UNFORTUNATELY GOT KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH…..LOOK AT;;;TOM LEAKE’’’WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN ,,…FATHER OF GREAT FAMILY IN RAYWICK..WAS CAPTURED AND MARCHED FOR MILES AND MILES..DAYS AND DAYS..WITHOUT NOURISHING FOOD,,NO CLOTHES..NO MEDICAL ATTENTION….THE BATTON DEATH MARCH’’’’.BUT WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE AND COME HOME TO RAYWICK,,MY GOD,,IT’S UNBELIEVABLE…….BUT I DECIDED TO IDENTIFY A FEW LOCAL VETERANS THAT SERVED AND FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY,,,I PRAY AND SALUTE YOU MY FRIENDS AND HEROES…….AND HOPE THAT OUR CHILDREN LOOK AT THIS “HOLIDAY’’ AS A PROUD HOLIDAY THAT DESCRIBES THE MANY VETERANS THAT SERVED AND DIED FOR ‘ OUR COUNTRY AND THEIR FAMILIES..SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A ‘’’FREE’’’COUNTRY THE,,UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!……’RIP,,MY FALLEN HEROS… https://youtube/watch?v=28kRrH6BKuI
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:38:37 +0000
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