In memoriam to all those servicemen who gave their lives for their countries, no matter which one, on this date in World War II history, 59 years ago, I have lowered, then re-raised my flag, for just a moment of silence. Respectfully to all, Bill
this is a tradition I have always kept and the falg will be there till sun-down. Up at 5 this morn and had a vet down the street greet me with "well done" keep it up gents for all to see......be proud !! ~Erich
Here here, My best wishes and thought for all vets on this day. I'd display a flag too but--the one I had while in storage was attacked by mice. I do have mini flags on my car windows though.
well at least that is something. I imagine nothing will be said of this today in our school system....... ? hoping I am wrong.... ~E
I can almost bet that nothing will be said on any of our local TV stations except MAYBE on Channel 10.
The only thing mentioned about D-day at my school was by the fellow history buffs in the social department (namely me and my teachers ) However, in keeping with your "traditions" in the post...every D-day I hang mini flags (US, Canada and Italy) on my back-pack (don't have a car yet) and willfully let people know why they are there. Happy D-Day everyone...keep the traditions going. DUCE
Erich - It seems as if in the U.S. anyway, as time goes on, all the educators do is take more "in service days", comp days, early dismissal days, etc. And look at Oregon, even shortening the year because the powers to be admit they haven't the monies to fund the education system! In my day, yeah I know, the dark ages, we went 180 days a year, 30 kids to a classroom, teachers were well respected, and educated us. If this is the beginning of "New World Order", I say, throw it out, and bring back the good old days when teachers taught, and parents parented. Bill
Most have a warped sense of history. One teacher in college that I went to didn't even know what D-Day meant. He made some lame excuse that it was Allied propaganda or something along those lines Greg
Thats a classic moron of a teacher I had to face the same thing with most teachers at the college I went to except for one who was Korean War vet who fought at the Pusan Perimeter--went into N.K. fought at the Frozen Chosin--was briefly captured--escaped and made his way back to S.K.
Here in Mexico nearly anyone mentioned it, but I DID remember and raised some little flags in my balconny (Great Britain, Canada, USA, Germany and France, the main countries involved in WWII). And as another tribute I watched "Saving Private Ryan".
Nothing mentioned in Oz-and I was in a military building on Friday also!!!! Simply because everyone seems to hate America for their role in Iraq-so they tend to not mention the events that occurred 59 years ago. I remember all of them in my own way though...
