Remembrance Day, Veterans Day & War Memorials
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The grave site of a WWI veteran in Bartonville State Cemetery in Bartonville,IL. Unfortunately for this veteran,he spent his last years at Bartonville State Mental Hospital,a place notorious for its practices in treating the mentally challenged and the insane. The old hospital,known for being haunted,was finally torn down in 2016.This was the cemetery for deceased patients....
Wishing all a wonderful Memorial Day holiday!
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The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, within the boundaries of the former Fort William McKinley. With a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations.
. “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.”-. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
We celebrate and remember those in military service who never returned home and others in our family as a time to remember.
Sean Henderson of Lower Burrell, Pa., joins other Patriot Guard Riders in forming a large color guard at the rear of Memorial Day services today in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil Township. Observer-Reporter
Remembering my Grandfather Thomas (left) who served in WWI and my Uncle Bill (right) who served in WWII. I never met my Grandfather, he died long before I was born but I did know my Uncle. Both men had shrapnel in their bodies and lived with it until their death. The photo of my Grandfather was taken around 1916 and my Uncle in the 60's sometime.
One of my favorite folk songs. It is a circular song, meaning it ends where it starts, and it summarizes the consequences of war. While some consider it an antiwar song, I also see it as a recognition of those who have had to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, as well as those of their families. Having served my country for over twenty years in the military, I give those who have given all my utmost respect and admiration.
Lyrics:
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls picked them, ev’ry one.
Oh, When will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to young men, ev’ry one.
Oh, when will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young men gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers, ev’ry one.
When will we ever learn? Oh, when we ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, ev’ry one.
When will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, ev’ry one.
When will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?
-Pete Seeger
Civil War Memorial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Millville, NJ, USA
This monument, erected in 1910, honors some of those souls from Millville, NJ, who lost their lives in the Civil War.
Serendipitous. This is Cedar Memorial Cemetery. When I pulled in and parked, the wind was calm. I barely noticed where I had parked. When I was ready to leave, though, the breeze had picked up, and the photo presented itself to me. Without the license plate, of course, the image wouldn't have worked.
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After a hearty push from his big sister, my cousin's little grandson careened down the roller coaster and then sped away down the hill!
A beautiful tree, in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, shading some of the graves of the soldiers we honor on Memorial Day in the USA.
Many of those of us who have served in America's Wars feel a bit selfish on Memorial Day because we survived and lived to raise a family and enjoy Grandchildren. A life that so many of our comrades missed out on.
But we remember them sadly, and praise their heroism.
This is the Korean War Memorial site in Washington, DC