In a recent Bottom Line article, Amelia shared her excitement of participating in a Memorial Day parade by marching down the sidewalk snapping photos. What an uplifting article! Her perspective gave me hope that my observations at our local Memorial celebration do not, perhaps, indicate the national trend I suspected. ...
Read More »The Excitement of a Memorial Day Parade
Memorial Day parades are awesome. Watching the parades from the sidelines instead of on television is nice, but nothing beats actually marching in it. Yesterday, I got a chance to do both. I didn’t plan on being in the parade, but I ended up marching down the street anyway. I ...
Read More »Appreciate Our Freedom
Memorial Day comes every year. It is often a date to look forward to on our calendars. When we are working, most of us have a Monday holiday. A welcome day off from the grind of going to work at least 5 days a week. But that is not what ...
Read More »Remembering Memorial Day
‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.’ Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV) Memorial Day…celebrated every year, on the last Monday of the month. We attend parades, we take flowers to the cemeteries, ...
Read More »Grand Opening of the Ground Zero Memorial Museum
Grand Opening Of The Ground Zero Memorial Museum By John Livingston Clark It has been 13 years since an American Airlines commercial jet flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 at 8:46 a.m., killing thousands of Americans in a terrorist attack. There are ...
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