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and to the Republic for which it stands:
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The History of Flag Day.
Why remembering days like today is important:
Thanks for the Flag Day post. Everyone has a “button” or two, Flag Day is always mine.
My parents were married on Flag Day June 14, 1941. We kids always remembered Flag Day as a result. They are both deceased.
I was tempted to tell this to you on June 6th but this is as good a time as any.
My Dad used to have a running competition with our neighbor up the street as to who would get thier big flag out first on Memorial Day, Flag Day July 4th, etc.
I saw my Dad get the flag out once at 6:00 am, but our neighbor always beat my Dad to the punch.
My Dad served in the army (story below) but he would always give our neighbor slack by saying: “Oh that’s really OK, Jim…. was in the first wave on D-Day.”
My Dad was drafted several times during WWII but was sent back 3 or 4 times since he was a tool and die maker.
Well he finally got drafted in the spring of ’45 for as he used to tell it the 4th or 5th time at age 29.
His unit practiced invading islands off Georgia all through the Summer of 1945.
Then the A-Bomb was dropped, and he wound up in the occupation forces in Europe for 18 months before getting discharged.
In the Summer of 1945 he was practicing for the 1946 invasion of the Japanese islands. US deaths were estimated at 50%.
So when the “hippie” ’60’s and 70’s came, he said to me: “OK Son, I am OK with a lot of this, but don’t trash dropping the A-Bomb”.
“If it were not for that, you wouldn’t be here to protest all this other shit”.
So since my Dad didn’t have to storm a beach, he always cut our neighbor slack with the Flag.
And my Mom used to “bust” him on occasion this day that he was more interested in flying the flag than remembering thier anniversary.
And I get teary on July 4th too.
Off-topic:
Check Fox News, apparently two Cuban soccer players just defected!
Val,
Thanks for the Flag Day post. Everyone has a “button” or two, Flag Day is always mine.
My parents were married on Flag Day June 14, 1941. We kids always remembered Flag Day as a result. They are both deceased.
I was tempted to tell this to you on June 6th but this is as good a time as any.
My Dad used to have a running competition with our neighbor up the street as to who would get thier big flag out first on Memorial Day, Flag Day July 4th, etc.
I saw my Dad get the flag out once at 6:00 am, but our neighbor always beat my Dad to the punch.
My Dad served in the army (story below) but he would always give our neighbor slack by saying: “Oh that’s really OK, Jim…. was in the first wave on D-Day.”
My Dad was drafted several times during WWII but was sent back 3 or 4 times since he was a tool and die maker.
Well he finally got drafted in the spring of ’45 for as he used to tell it the 4th or 5th time at age 29.
His unit practiced invading islands off Georgia all through the Summer of 1945.
Then the A-Bomb was dropped, and he wound up in the occupation forces in Europe for 18 months before getting discharged.
In the Summer of 1945 he was practicing for the 1946 invasion of the Japanese islands. US deaths were estimated at 50%.
So when the “hippie” ’60’s and 70’s came, he said to me: “OK Son, I am OK with a lot of this, but don’t trash dropping the A-Bomb”.
“If it were not for that, you wouldn’t be here to protest all this other shit”.
So since my Dad didn’t have to storm a beach, he always cut our neighbor slack with the Flag.
And my Mom used to “bust” him on occasion this day that he was more interested in flying the flag than remembering thier anniversary.
And I get teary on July 4th too.
Thanks for humoring my “button” Val.
Jack W: Thanks for the great story.
Jack W, yes, thanks for a great story!
Yes Jack, what a great story. How proud you must be of your dad, part of the Greatest Generation of this wonderful nation.
What a beautiful story JackW. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Check out the article on Fox Sports about the cuban soccer players defecting. The article also talks about 17 Hatians soccer players that play on a 17 and under tournament defecting as well. Regarding Hati the article says how its the poorest country in the western hemisphere and how “thousands of Haitians leave the country each year to escape miserable living conditions, violence and political instability.” And ofcourse the dont mention anything about the horrible living conditions that the cuban people live under. De madre, you know its like the msm doesnt care about what the cuban people go through. Its sad!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6924408?MSNHPHMA