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Good morning and thank you to all who served.

Good morning cj and BN. To all the vets and family of vets, thank you.

dnw wrote: ↑May 29, 2017 8:11 am Spammer Vladlgen has been busy this morning.

Quite.

Good morning.

Good Morning Bners.

Morning Larry and Steve!!

Hey everybody. Gloomy day here in PA.

Just left the National Cemetery in Rock Island, IL, now I'm across the great River in Davenport, IA having my free meal at HOOTERS (even though I wasn't K.I.A.).
Still have one more cemetery to go to- Czech National Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, where my father is buried. He passed away 7 years ago today.

Don't really want to be *THAT* guy but it needs to be pointed out that today is Memorial Day.  It is not meant to honor all veterans — that day is in November — or those Americans currently wearing the uniform and serving in the military (isn't that what Armed Forces Day is for?); rather, it is intended to honor those Americans who GAVE THEIR LIFE in the service of their country — the ones who came home in the caskets or body bags, or never came back at all.

It's been said that a veteran is a person who, at some point in time, wrote a blank check to Uncle Sam for anything up to and including their own life.  So yes, if you come across a living vet by all means thank him or her for their sacrifice and service; after all, he or she wrote a check like that too.  But then stand, shoulder-to-shoulder with them, in silence and with respect while 'Taps' is played in honor of those whose checks were cashed.

-"BB"-

Bicycle Bill wrote: ↑May 29, 2017 1:13 pm Don't really want to be *THAT* guy but it needs to be pointed out that today is Memorial Day.  It is not meant to honor all veterans — that day is in November — or those Americans currently wearing the uniform and serving in the military (isn't that what Armed Forces Day is for?); rather, it is intended to honor those Americans who GAVE THEIR LIFE in the service of their country — the ones who came home in the caskets or body bags, or never came back at all.

Yep.
That's why I made sure I included my disclaimer "I wasn't K.I.A."