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Dave
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Hooray for the Red, White and Blue
Today is Flag day. It's also the Army's birthday.
Damn lucky to have both.
Sa-lute!
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DENNIS
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Thanks for the reminder, Dave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdsXQVQRWXM
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Skeet/Loreto
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Thank the Good Lord and a whole lot of Fighting Men and Women who love this Great Country of Ours.
We may , at times, have our troubles but in the end Noone can even get close to us.!!
thank the Good Lord weare No Communist, Socialist, Dictator type of Govt.
Thank the Good Lord we are not all the SAME!!
Wish I could spend another 80 years right here in the GOOD OLE USA!!
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BajaBlanca
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we have a flag in the computer room - always flying !!
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Skeet/Loreto
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For those who are not Old enough look up the History of our Great president Harry S. Truman. A True American!!
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DENNIS
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Skeet....When I see the flag wiggling around, I think of you.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Dennis:
Harry S. Truman and his wife Beth drove home in their own Car with out any Secret Service or Guards. He did not take the Retirement money. Can you
even imagine a person doing that now???
He was also the Grand Master of Masons for the State of Missouri. Very active in his masonic Lodge. he was a President of character, I was Proud to be
a Demorcat at that time!
Look What has Happened since then. I feel so bad for his Legacy ,'
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David K
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Quote: | Originally posted by Skeet/Loreto
For those who are not Old enough look up the History of our Great president Harry S. Truman. A True American!! |
So you forgave him for firing MacArthur?
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mtgoat666
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Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Hooray for the Red, White and Blue |
this board is about Mexico - didn't you mean to say "Hooray for the Red, White and Green?"
i don't think they celebrate US flag day in Mexico
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Hooray for the Red, White and Blue |
this board is about Mexico - didn't you mean to say "Hooray for the Red, White and Green?"
i don't think they celebrate US flag day in Mexico |
I do and I'm in Mexico.
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Dave
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Actually...
Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
this board is about Mexico - didn't you mean to say "Hooray for the Red, White and Green?"
i don't think they celebrate US flag day in Mexico |
This board is mainly about Americans traveling in Mexico Baja so...
Tinkle off.
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Gypsy Jan
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This Just In
From the KNBCLA Evening News (and presented as information, without comment).
Five per cent of total American flags sales in the American market are produced by foreign manufacturers, and of that five per cent, the vast majority
come from China.
An informed buyer/seller can easily spot the inaccuracies.
Personal Note: The one American flag that I have in Baja was sent by the Veteran's Administration at the passing of my mom. She was a member of the
WAAF.
[Edited on 6-15-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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capitolkat
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199th Light Infantry BDE- 7th Infantry Regiment-- Hoo AHH-- MOTO you are just jealous
Life is too short to drink bad wine
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Marc
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Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Hooray for the Red, White and Blue |
this board is about Mexico - didn't you mean to say "Hooray for the Red, White and Green?"
i don't think they celebrate US flag day in Mexico |
How about France. The Blue White and Red.
[Edited on 6-15-2011 by Marc]
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Marc
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Gypsy Jan
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Can't We All Get Along?
Americans interested in Baja, posting on a board that is mostly Americans interested in Baja.
Wherever you are, you should be here!
Oops, sorry, I am not excluding the Canucks. Please come on down!
[Edited on 6-15-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Bajatripper
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Quote: | Originally posted by Skeet/Loreto
He was also the Grand Master of Masons |
You ain't foolin' me Skeet. You only liked the man because of his membership in your secret society. Guess Masons trump Democrats in your book.
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
Guess Masons trump Democrats in your book. |
Mine too, and I couldn't care less about masons....or their jelly jars.
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Skeet/Loreto
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No Dennis!
What I admire about Harry S. Truman was that he had the Balls to Push the Button and stop the WAR!!!!!
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The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to
have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe
June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and
public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea
of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a
Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the
Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others in
authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as 'Flag Day', and on
that day, school children be assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the
Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia,
directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square. School children were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and
patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the
moving spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting the holding of Flag
Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association, the first general public school children's celebration of Flag Day in
Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated
words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a
symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially
established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after
Wilson's proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as
National Flag Day.
USS Samuel Gompers
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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