With memorial day approaching, I have to ask...who here have served
their country? Or have a friend or family member who has? Please
mention them so we all can take our hats off to them!!!

The reason I think of this is every year on memorial day the cemetary
near my house puts up all the burial flags of the men & women who have
served our country. I have lots of family members buried there,
including my grandpa I was so close to. There are hundreds of flags
that line the roads through out the shady tree filled cemetary. Every
year I spend hours walking up & down looking for my grandpa's flag, for
every year its location changes. It is so wonderful to see all the
flags, and on each flag pole the is a gold plaque that says the person's
name, what war and years served. Every time I see all the flags my heart
fills with pride. Flags that were once laid on caskets and then folded
and given to the spouses...who then gave back to the cemetary to hang
year after year. Some are from the 1800's, 1900's and today. I think
of my grandpa and everyone else's grandpas, fathers, and friends. What
brave souls!

I thank you!


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I didnt but

My Dad=WWII Decorated Vetern
Brother Ron= Viet Nam vet..Helicopter pilot Mash units
Brother Richard=US Marine Medal of Honor
Brother Junior=US Marine ...wounded in Viet Nam
These are my heros
Thank-you for this post Katie LOVE YA!

^ They make me PROUD

My brother-Airforce (desert storm & Bosnia)
My Dad-navy
My uncle Jerry-Army (Vietnam)
My uncle Arnie-National guard (vietnam)
My grandpa-Army (WWII)
My great grandpa-Army (WWI)Awarded the purple heart
My great great great grandpa-(Civil War)

Yes you should be proud
I was a military brat lol
To many uncles to mention that were in
My Uncle Bobby was stationed on the USS Arizona (dads brother)
When they bombed pearl harbor, but was on base
and not on the ship.

<---- 7 years active duty Army. (11B3VW8)


...and thanks.

You are my hero to Dark!

DarkSpartan my hats off to you! Thank you!

<---- USAF during Vietnam era

Many Thanks Dave

I'm not American, but I will remember my grandfather, a man I never got
to know. He died in WWII in Stalingrad, and for me it doesn't matter
that he died for the wrong cause, because I know it wasn't his choice.
He was sent there because he opposed.

Thanks for sharing

8 years active duty United States ARMY

I served 14 years in the British army including tours of Cyprus with the
UN, 2 tours of Northern Ireland, and was also involved in the Falklands
war in 1981.

Where's my Union Jack emoticon?

Thanks Steve & Tom

I've never served our Country, but have considered it.......And I value
all those that have.

I hope this works if not I am sorry, it has before.

Thanks Katie!!