veterans day Stories - Daily Norseman
To All Those Who Have Served Or Are Serving, Thank You
Pardon me as I now interrupt the generally carefree state that is BRB. There will be more Texans "analysis" throughout this beautiful Friday, but I have to take a moment to recognize those who do something infinitely more important than what we do here. Today is Veterans Day. Back in 1919, Woodrow...
A Time To Remember
"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain Once again, on this day, countries throughout the world celebrate those that have served their...
Once Again, It Is Veterans Day
In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lie,In Flanders...
Happy Veteran's Day
My grandfather fought at Iwo Jima in 1945. My uncle was in Vietnam in the late-1960s. My cousin was a Marine just after the first Gulf War. My father, while not a war veteran, served in the Peace Corps early in its inception. So, though he did not fight in a war (he was a pacificst), he did serve...
Happy Veterans Day, America
Football stuff later today. Until then, remember what today is all about. The transcript of George Patton's famous "Blood and Guts" speech comes after the jump. If you've ever read anything about Patton, or ever seen the movie Patton, you know what kind of language is involved. "Be seated."...
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