Comments on: Memorial Day 2007

By: Big Mo

Big Mo — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:42:23 +0000

Jefferson Barracks was crowded yesterday. It’s getting full, too, with the WWII and Korean generation dying off.

We missed the main and individual ceremonies, including Civil War re-enactments, as JB has a LOT of Civil War men burried there. Just a short walk from my Grandpa’s site (Army tech sgt WWII) lay about 100 Iowa infantry from the CW.

Anyway, it was good to see so many people there, with, at least for a while, barbecue and relaxation being the furthest things from their minds.

(P.S. – if you wander over to hangrightpolitics.com I have a tribute to the vets on my wife’s side.)

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:15:07 +0000

You’re right Sunsettommy, the Union purposefully buried people right up to the eaves of Lee’s house out of spite, because they knew that no matter who won the war, Lee would never disinter the bodies and reclaim his house and property. It is a dark and dishonorable beginning for a national cemetery.

But we have to look beyond that now, as is so often the case in history, to what it has become to us today. An honorable resting place for our honored war dead, to do otherwise would be disrespectful to the men and women interred there, who were not involved in the original events, but who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms.

By: Leaning Straight Up

Leaning Straight Up — Tue, 29 May 2007 07:28:50 +0000

Local Memorial Day outrage: Is this anti war idiots or just idiots? I saw this on news tonight, and Michelle Malkin beat me to it tonight. LINK Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and...

By: sunsettommy

sunsettommy — Tue, 29 May 2007 04:29:48 +0000

He is a moonbat.

That is why he does it.

By: Drewsmom

Drewsmom — Tue, 29 May 2007 01:47:43 +0000

Have yall heard what the breck girl edwards said today.
That asswipe asked that protesters go to Memorial Day parades and hold up signs to end the war. He is taking this day to campaign for himself, not even honoring or remembering the soldiers who gave their very lives so he can do this crap.
My contempt for him is immense, may he rot in hell.

By: sunsettommy

sunsettommy — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:21:04 +0000

Tango,

I have been to Arlington National Cemetary.It is work visiting once in a lifetime.

It is on the land that was once owned by ROBERT E. LEE.Land that the Union took away when Lee had left to join the southern confederacy.

I was saddened to learn that the area was once covered by Oak trees.The Union cut them all down and then started burying the dead there.

Not a very good beginning of a now solemn memorial.

A place of the dead that was once alive with Oak trees and a place for the Lee’s to live in.Into a place of the dead.

I wish it was located somewhere else on land that was not taken away by force and not a vibrant ecosystem to destroy.

The Arlington House is still there but no longer the people are allowed to look inside the Lee house.I was lucky to tour through the inside of the house and looked in every room.

It was a beautiful house!

By: Tango

Tango — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:38:10 +0000

I have never had the opportunity to visit Arlington Nat’l Cemetary, but I *have* been to the Punchbowl Cemetary on Oahu where the remains of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam fallen are at rest. I dare anyone to visit a veterans cemetary and not be moved…

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By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:27:18 +0000

Memorial Day

Don’t forget our fallen soldiers today. All citizens of the United States owe these men and women a debt. We wouldn’t have the freedom we have without their brave sacrifices.

God bless all our fighting men and women today plus their families.