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1. katry Says:

   
   May 30, 2011 at 10:28 am

   James A. Autry quote
2. J.M. Heinrichs Says:

   
   May 30, 2011 at 5:58 pm

   Cheers
   • katry Says:

     
     May 30, 2011 at 7:06 pm

     Minicapt,
     I found the opening wonderfully dramatic with the pipes and drum only, especially the pipes in the aisle but then, then came all the rest of the instruments. Lovely!
3. Beto Ochoa Says:

   
   May 30, 2011 at 6:14 pm

   Glad you posted that photo.
   It reminds me of my Memorial Days as a Scout.
   When I was a Cub Scout we always went to the cemetery early in the morning to spruce the place up.
   Decoration Day

   We woke up well before the dawn
   Each last Monday in May
   And went to all the soldiers graves
   On Decoration Day

   Then in full dress of blue and gold
   With sash and badge and pin
   We’d clean and trim, then place a flag
   For all our fallen kin

   Day greater then, than four July
   We tallied freedoms bill
   And cooked upon an open fire
   Till all were fully filled

   But more the point, each morrows morn
   Our generations train
   That those who lay beneath these flags
   Do not rest there in vain
   • katry Says:

     
     May 30, 2011 at 7:29 pm

     Beto,
     I was first a brownie then a girl scout when I marched in the memorial Day parade. We were just ahead of the little league teams in their wool uniforms. We always ended up at the cemetery for ceremonies.

     Thank you for the poem. I have saved it for another year.

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