To those few I served with, to the many more I didn't,

Happy 238th Birthday, US Marines.

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This is a major holiday for Australia and New Zealand. I tend to observe it as well, which may seem strange that a Yank observes a major holiday for countries not his own, and yet, I've my reasons and I consider them exceeding good ones. They may not be of the same origins as my Aussie and Kiwi acquaintances and friends are, and yet they are ( Read more... )

Today is ANZAC Day.

If you don't know what that means, you should.

For those who do: yours and mine, yes, I Will Remember.

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By the 2nd Continental Congress, 10 November 1775 ( Read more... )

It is just coming on dawn here on teh Ranch in North Central Baja Jorja, and according to one of my World Clocks also just coming on sunset in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. This provides a juxtaposition rather appropriate to the day for me. Here, ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day is just beginning, there it wraps up ( Read more... )

Today is ANZAC Day. I've pointed folks in the direction to learn more on previous Days, however today I'm leaving that as an exercise for the student. There is much to be learned should you do so.

( If it seems odd that a Yank marks this day... read on )

At the 11th Hour on the 11th Day of the 11th Month, I always make time to sit or stand someplace quiet, ( And Remember )

Might not seem strange to hear I watched a commercial on the Tube yesterday; might not seem so even if I mention we've been watching things a lot more recorded, recently. So zip and zoom through the commercials when they come up, maybe only stopping if one particularly catches our attention ( Read more... )

It is called Veterans Day in the United States. Once, it was called Armistice Day to commemorate the time, date, and month that marked cessation of the Great War, the War to End Wars. I almost said, marked cessation of hostilities, but history proved that comment to be a false one. Hostilities didn't cease, they only changed form, and led 21 years ( Read more... )

Because of that other conversation we had regarding Memorials and Monuments, I went looking for this one being quite certain I'd put it somewhere on line. Doh! I had, right here on LJ.

( cut for bandwidth, Peeecture, Vietnam Womens Veterans Memorial )