Veterans Day

[6pak]

Here's to those we know,

Those we knew,

And those we never met.

Thank you for all you've done or do.

Have a safe Veterans Day.

[Black Owl]

For those who fight for it

Life has a flavor

The protected will never know......

 

[Poledar]

To ALL of those Veterans throughout history who first gave us this country and then gave their lives to keep it free, may God bless all of you and may you know of our gratitude to you.

[bongobobny]

Welcome Home, fellow Veterans, Welcome Home!

[mavericksix]

Semper Fi Black Owl, very true words.

 

Semper Fi

[Squidley]

Semper Fi !

 

Always and forever, Thanks to all of the warriors that have kept us free

[fixit3546]

My hat is off to the men and women of the UNITED STATES ARMES FORCES....

 

I Love You Folks !!!

[Guest Popeye]

Those we knew,

 

Semper Fi guys....You didn't miss any parade, just the ride home.

[starcruiser]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I know that is not enough thanks for your service but thinking back through history, we could never thank you enough!!!

Mark

[Guest muskrat]

Thanks to all the VETS and those currently in active service. If you watch the mainstream news media you might begin to believe that no one cares - but there are more of us out there that DO care than those who choose not to. You are all heroes to us!

[Rich99]

http://thumbp2.mail.mud.yahoo.com/tn?sid=1092753161&mid=AOVVv9EAAOylRzd3Pw5qG3T6tmA&partid=2&f=823&fid=Helded e-mails I really don't know how to put pictures on here from an e-mail,(got lucky here) but was just wondering how many members rode in Veteran's Day Parade's. The pic here is Veteran's Day Parade in Pleasanton, Ca with 33 bikes, and I rode in the VDP in Fresno yesterday. It's the largest parade on the west coast, but because of the bad weather getting there, instead of 50+ bikes, we still got a respectable 31 bikes. The parade is suppose to be televised several times on Comcast, ch14 so I've been told. I don't have comcast, but I'll put a couple of more pics I took of the Fresno parade that I downloaded into the computer, these pics come a little easier. :whistling:Took pic from garage roof looking down on us in our staging area before the parade. Hummm, meant to put this up as a new thread and blew that also, darn!

[BigShell]

I don't have any pics, but a few of us managed a couple of small town events on Saturday.

 

At 1100 on Saturday, 12 bikes open the ceremony here by riding by the Veterans Memorial with flags flying and police escort. After the services we visited a bit and shared salutes, handshakes, and hugs before heading 35 miles down the road for another ceremony and benefit.

 

We missed most of the ceremony, but we entered with flags flying and were escorted to a special parking area right near the FOOD!

 

It's great to live in small town Texas where folks appreciate their vets and those that honor their vets!

[Rich99]

Here's a pic our ride captain took at the Veteran's Day Parade of me in Fresno, and I didn't even know. She just sent it, and said she put it in the PGR Forum of Fresno as she thought that was one of the better pictures of the PGR lining up for the parade.http://thumbp2.mail.mud.yahoo.com/tn?sid=1092753161&mid=AN5Vv9EAAItuRzjeTQBTHWrFw4Q&partid=2&f=823&fid=Jokes

[Sailor]

I don't know how many of you are aware of this but in Canada we have our own Veterans Day. We call it Remembrance Day. We have parades and ceremonies and on the 11 hour of the 11 day of the eleventh month we observe 2 minutes of silence nation wide in honor of the veterans and those who died.

 

This was written by Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD. He wrote it in the space of 5 minutes on the battlefield at Ypres in 1915.

Every Canadian schoolchild is familiar with it.

 

In Flanders Fields

 

During the ceremonies we had the parade turn towards Korea and salute the Allied Veterans cemetary there. 22 countries took part in the Korean war and to me a Veteran is a Veteran

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

between the crosses row on row,

that mark our place; and in the sky

the larks, still bravely singing, fly

scarce heard amid the guns below.

 

We are the dead. Short days ago

we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

loved and were loved, and now we lie

in Flanders Fields.

 

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

to you from failing hands we throw

the torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

we shall not sleep, though poppies grow

in Flanders Fields.

 

 

Each year the Legion sells (by donation) poppies to raise funds for veterans and their families.

 

This year I was to make a speech. Command sent me a 7 page one.

I tore it up and wrote my own.

 

Remembrance Day 2007

 

On this day we remember those who fought with valor and honor to preserve the freedoms which we have today. Sacrifices were made, some sacrificed their futures, some their health and some their very lives. Those who did return, returned, through their efforts, to a free country. We must never forget the sacrifices made and ever ensure that they were not made in vain. We must remember them.

 

We must also remember the bloodshed and waste of war. By keeping those memories alive we remain eternally thankful to those who served and eternally vigilant and hopeful that our children and our children's children will not have to face the same horrors. It has been said that those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Let us hope that we have learned we must be prepared to stop evil before it can engulf the entire world in another war such as we have had in the past. Let us do all we can to promote peace and understanding among nations and let us never forget the sacrifices made in the past for our future.

 

K Butler

President BR 92 Royal Canadian Legion.

 

 

 

I hope you will forgive me for posting this here but it is how I feel.