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Loki51
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For Memorial Day
May 25 2017 05:48PM more by Loki51
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1. Please don't wish someone a Happy Memorial day. There is nothing happy about brave men and women dying for their brothers and sisters.

2. It's a holiday, yes. But it's more a remembrance.

3. If you want to know the true meaning, visit Arlington or your local VA cemetery, not Disneyland.

4. Attend a Bell Ceremony and shed some tears.

5. Say a prayer.

6. Remember the Fallen for all the Good they did while they were here.

Be glad you live in the land of the brave and the home of the free, because good men and women gave their all so that that remains true.


Just my two cents, tho.
      
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lachineseguy
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May 25 2017 05:58PM     link to this

how about shoving red white and blue objects in ass and puss for pics?
LifeSaver
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May 25 2017 05:59PM     link to this

+100 Loki
Rex_Shillerson
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May 25 2017 06:24PM     link to this

On this most sacred of American holidays, I honor the sacrifices made by true heroes like Gomer Pyle, Beetle Bailey and John Winger.
longwalker
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May 25 2017 07:38PM     link to this

To all you bastards that never served. Lost a true friend in combat.
All gave some....Some gave all.
snowball
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May 25 2017 09:24PM     link to this

Loki well said. I visited Arlington in person years ago and it was a very somber, sober yet moving place to visit. It truly tells its own story without uttering an audible word.

I received the message it sent loud and clear.
artnjazz
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May 25 2017 09:30PM     link to this

Happy Memorial Day y'all!
Grumpy_Butthead
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May 25 2017 10:17PM     link to this

Welcome to Random Abyss where everything is funny..

I'll remeber.
Rex_Shillerson
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May 26 2017 12:10AM     link to this

I apologize for any insensitivity.

I left Sergeant Hulka and Juan Rico off the list of remembrances.
nGoodHands03
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May 26 2017 07:52AM     link to this

I'll be putting a few flags up and drinking one for those lost. Thx for post OP
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May 26 2017 07:57AM     link to this

"1. Please don't wish someone a Happy Memorial day. There is nothing happy about brave men and women dying for their brothers and sisters."

I've never heard anyone say that. People really "wish" others a happy Memorial Day??
MUNK
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May 26 2017 08:24AM     link to this

I think merry Memorial Day sounds better

Plus why not celebrate the lives of all the brave men and women who selflessly sacrificed their lives so we can live on. You think they would really want us to all mopey and down? No I think they want us to get grill buggers and hawt dawgs then get drunk and drive around twin honking our horns

MUNK
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May 26 2017 08:45AM     link to this

Let's bust open some brewskis now
MUNK
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May 26 2017 08:59AM     link to this

I never went in
AliceKat
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May 26 2017 09:57AM     link to this

I do have so much respect for those currently serving....
MUNK
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May 26 2017 10:00AM     link to this

What about those who already served ?
Loki51
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May 26 2017 10:38AM     link to this

To those who PM'd for info on where in SoCal these Memorial Day ceremonies are held:

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2013/05/24/13800/memorial-day-in-la-observances-services-ceremonies/



http://www.presstelegram.com/lifestyle/20170522/memorial-day-2017-events-in-the-long-beach-area

The VA Cemetery in Westwood is easy to get to (Wilshire just east of the 405, use Sepulveda Blvd to enter) and has some of the best, most moving speakers and ceremonies.

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http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2013/05/24/13800/memorial-day-in-la-observances-services-ceremonies/
http://www.presstelegram.com/lifestyle/20170522/memorial-day-2017-events-in-the-long-beach-area
AlexisSweet69
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May 26 2017 12:49PM     link to this

MUNK
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May 26 2017 03:09PM     link to this

Services servicemen?
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