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November 11, 2007

Veterans Day

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Compliments of Bergbikr.

Posted by Van Helsing at November 11, 2007 9:25 AM

Comments

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THANK YOU, VETERANS!

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Posted by: nanc at November 11, 2007 10:29 AM

This day is called the feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Posted by: KHarn at November 11, 2007 3:24 PM

A good book to read about America in World War One is "Make The Kaiser Dance" for which the author had interviewed over a hundred "doughboys" and one "Yeomanette" (Pre-WAVE) in the seventies. Included is a few stories about our border war with Mexico.

Posted by: KHarn at November 11, 2007 3:32 PM

The only "thing" Hillary Clinton and Veteran's Day have in common is nothing.

Posted by: Mockinbird at November 12, 2007 10:19 AM