Thanks To The American Warriors

With the observance of Memorial Day coming this weekend, it’s the time to express our thanks to all those who are responsible for keeping our American Flag proudly flying over this great country. And it is a great country, in spite of a few bumps in the road that often put some doubts in our mind, create some confusion and fear, and cause us to sometimes question the abilities and common sense of our leaders. However, in the end we give thanks and as a unified nation we say, “God Bless America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.”

 

 

Thanks Warriors

From the colonists, 

who rebelled,

to the soldier of today,

Our thanks, be to you,

We know not what else to say.

Since the words we do not have,

to give the tribute that is due,

So a simple heartfelt thanks,

sincerely we give to you.

Thanks to our American heroes,

whose devotion 

is second to none,

Whose courage 

and braveness alone

caused many battles to be won.

Only because of you 

and the price 

you willingly did pay,

Only because of you,

Old Glory still flies today!

                 —Author Unknown

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Believe It Or Not

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon! 

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“Political skill is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, and next week, next month and next year, and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.” 

- Winston Churchill