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Memorial Day Ceremony is the annual event held to honor and pay tribute to the men and women of the armed forces, "who gave their all."
The Tidewater Veterans Memorial stands in tribute to veterans of all wars and current military personnel. Six years under design and construction, it was completed in 1988 and has received awards for design and public art. The memorial is located on 19th Street across from the Virginia Beach Convention Center. The Veterans Memorial Park, dedicated to those service members who honorably served their country, is behind the memorial.
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Remember:
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory
Remember:
When your dreams have ended
Time can be transcended
Just remember me
I am the one star
That keeps burning so brightly
It is the last light
To fade into the rising sun
I'm with you whenever
You tell my story
For I am all I've done
Remember:
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory
Remember me…
I am that one voice
In the cold wind that whispers
And if you listen
You'll hear me call across the sky
As long as I still can
Reach out and touch you
Then I will never die
Remember:
I'll never leave you
If you will only
Remember me…
(Remember me…)
Remember:
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory
Remember:
When your dreams have ended
Time can be transcended
I live forever
Remember me
Remember me
Remember…
Me…
A few of the crosses in the garden of remembrance at Llanelli Town Hall on 13/11/11. Remembering fallen veterans from the first world war up to the present time.
For my grandmother, from whom I've inherited a love of gardening. Colourful planters and flower beds surrounded her home. One of her favourite colours was yellow because it is so cheerful. And she once gave a good coating of bright yellow paint to the handles of all her garden and yard tools.
It's been 21 years since she has passed and I'm thankful for many happy memories of her.
This photo was taken today in my garden.
Pebbles on Grave stones, Jewish Cemetery, Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
Placing a stone on a grave in Jewish tradition signifies remembrance of a loved person and as a reminder that others have visited and remember the deceased with respect and love.
See also: scheinerman.net/judaism/life-cycle/stone.html
Explore #380, 2 April 2008
Kenners always look the most thoughtful to me of all my Blythes, like they are remembering other lives, little girls who cut their hair, etc. :)
I loved the lighting in this one even though her face is in the shadows.
(L-R) Actor Robert Pattinson, actress Ruby Jerins and actress Emilie de Ravin attend the premiere of "Remember Me" at the Paris Theatre on March 1, 2010 in New York City.
I know ... just another version of the previous photo.
i'm kind of obsessed with this one and the song " Remember when" ....
Strobist: 1/2 cto gelled sb-26 camera right 1/32, sb-25 camera left, 1/32, fired by cactus triggers.
I'll bet you thought we'd forget about this place. This is the world-famous Alamo, the 18th century Spanish mission where in 1836 Davy Crocket, Jim Bowie, William Travis, and about 250 other Texans fighting for Texan independence were wiped out by a Mexican army of 1,800 men commanded by General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Here's the story. In the 1830s, Texas was Mexico territory. But it was also open, unsettled country (assuming you don't count the Comanche), and more and more American adventurers and pioneers streamed into the Texas hills. The Mexicans didn't mind this all that much at first, and even though the American-Texans never made much of an attempt to adapt culturally, they seemed for a while content to be a part of Mexico.
All that changed with the rise of General Antonio López de Santa Anna to become the 8th President of Mexico in 1833. Santa Anna was a lot less interested in the federalist model of government Mexico had enjoyed up to that point and decided he preferred a more dictatorial style. This went okay in much of Mexico, but the American-Texans were more familiar with a federalist model (by the American definition) that focused heavily on the rights of the individual states. In 1835, they decided they weren't having any of Santa Anna's crap and rebelled. Over the course of a few months, the Texans defeated the Mexican army troops already stationed in Mexico in a number of skirmishes.
But Santa Anna had no intention of rolling over and letting Texas be Texas, so he conscripted 1,800 men into an army and personally led them in a march to the Texas frontier. At the same time, he sent a strongly-worded letter to President of the United States Andrew Jackson in which he declared any foreign fighters found in Texas pirates. By Mexican law, this meant Santa Anna would take no prisoners of war. Any American found on Texas land would be executed.
The Texans--who probably didn't know they'd been marked for death--responded to the approach of Santa Anna's army by establishing a garrison in the Alamo Mission. At the time, the mission was more than just this one building. This was just the central structure of a large, walled compound with several structures that the Mexican army had already converted to a fort. Holing up in the mission/fort turned out to be a bad idea, though, and on February 23, 1836, Santa Anna's army surrounded the Texans. The siege lasted 12 days, during which the Mexicans tried twice to scale the compound's walls. The Texans repelled the Mexicans both times. But then on March 6, the Mexicans made a third attempt, and everything went to hell. The Mexicans made it over the walls and started killing every American they could find on sight. Legend has it that some Americans tried to surrender and were immediately executed. The heroes of the Alamo, they say--people like former Congressman and eventual TV show icon Davy Crockett--went down fighting. Not a Texan walked out of this place alive.
But this victory turned out to be fleeting for Santa Anna, and the Alamo became a rallying cry. News of the slaughter drove Texans mad with rage, and they came back and hit Santa Anna hard. A month or so later on April 21, 1836, the Texans defeated Santa Anna's army at the Battle of San Jacinto, finalizing the push for Texas independence. The future state would spend the next decade as the independent Republic of Texas, until the Mexican War encouraged them to join the United States.
This makes Texas one of only a few US states with the distinction of having once been its own country. The Texans tend to be big-headed about this.
Remember this?
Rasberry picking this summer with Zen. We were going to go mountain boarding, but it was the British championships, so we went fruit picking. It was sweltering hot. Wish it was now.
If anyone has noticed, I changed my name this week. It'll be back to 'Step Into The Light' before long.
West Yorkshire Regiment : - Private S Vickerman, Private T Wait aged 26 , Private J Walker aged 26, Private R Walker aged 27 , H Webster aged 38
Machine Gun corps - Lance Corporal G H Ward
Yorkshire Light Infantry - Lance Corporal A E Watson
Kings Own Scottish Borderers - Private G E Webster aged 24.
Lajjun, April 2007. Photo by: Shabtai Gold.
A day of rememberance organized by the refugees and their supporters, including Arab organizations and the Jewish group Zochrot.
As the sign on the left reads:
The Spanish-American War began April 24, 1898 and eventually led to the downfall of the Spanish Empire. Spain's dominance of Cuba and the Philippine Islands came to an end. The armistice was signed August 12, 1898.
These plaques were cast and sold to raise money to finance American participation in the war. There was no such thing as an income tax in the U.S. until 1913.
The small note in the middle reads:
Donor: Gerald Sooley, Danville, Illinois
Gift: Spanish-American War Memorial Plaque, cast from metal recovered from the wreckage of the USS Maine, which was destroyed in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898. 17 1/2" x 12 3/4". actually made in 1913.
As the sign on the right reads:
Remember the Alamo
Remember the Maine
Remember Pearl Harbor
On January 24, 1898, the battleship USS Maine was order by President McKinley to anchor in the harbor at Havana, Cuba because of the tension between the United States and Spain. Cuba was under Spanish control then and it's people wanted independence. On February 15, 1898, the Maine was sunk and 206 American lives were lost. At the time, it was believed the ship had been sunk by a Spanish torpedo or mine.