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Old Town Alexandria

Photo by Jemile Bata.2009 Last Memorial Day Weekend, my kids, my boyfriend and I, visited Old Town Alexandria. I have been there previously a few times, and every time I go back I am even more enchanted....

0 comments    family travel chili
Free vintage post cards for Memorial Day: Honor the brave79

Free Vintage Post Cards for Memorial and Veterans Day

It's not necessarily traditional to send cards to US military veterans for Memorial Day or Veterans Day, but there's no reason not to start that tradition right now using these patriotic vintage post cards.

12 comments    arts veterans memorial day
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Why I Stand for the American Flag

www.freefoto.com On the Air Force base where I worked at the chow hall as a civilian cashier, and where my dad was stationed for several years, they played Taps, every day, at 5:00 p.m. sharp. The familiar...

35 comments    politics america respect
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Soldiers, Dear John's, and Vietnam - Memorial Day After the Parades

I am a female.  I’ve never been to war.  I know only the stories told to be by those who were there and by the look in their eyes when they talk and when they don’t.  My husband was a Marine.  He had...

4 comments    war memories grief
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12th Annual Preddyfest Bluegrass Festival

After ten years of a HOT August spot on the calendar, Rodney Preddy moved the Preddyfest Bluegrass Festival to June in 2008. I knew as soon as everyone started talking about how much cooler it would be that...

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God Bless America Have We Forgotten

Often we take our citizenship for granted and on Memorial Day weekend 2004 as WWII vets, Korean War Vets, Vietnam Vets, and all other War Vets past and present donned their uniforms and gave their salutes...

44 comments    politics god poetry
Dress up your dog and get to Frankenmuth61

Frankenmuth Dog Bowl 2008

May 24 & 25, 2008 Free Admission both days to: Dock Dogs Diving Competitions Frisbee Dog Competitions Agility, Tracking & Obedience Exhibitions Saturday Free Events Pet Parade at 1:00 p.m. Wiener Dog Races...

0 comments    travel pets dogs
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Eliza--English Springer Spaniel/Beagle Mix

I lost my Eliza, July 4, 2008. She was an English Springer Spaniel/Beagle mix and was 12. The loss of her has knocked the life out of me. She was my inspiration to move. She kept my mind sharp. I never knew...

4 comments    health love life
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Asian Girl Wallpapers

  Golden Week is the name given to the Japanese holidays that span between April 29th and May 5th, every year. Japanese businesses usually give the week off for employees and many people travel during...

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Ode to the Lonely Soldier

  Years ago, I wrote a novel about Sacramento, California in the 1960s, and in this tale a young guitar-playing man named Tom writes a song about a neighbor named Billy who dies while fighting in the army...

3 comments    politics war military
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