Thursday, November 11, 2010
Veterans Day 2010
My area Rotary Club District puts on a Military Appreciation Day luncheon every year and brings in a speaker to talk. This year it was Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly. That was on November 1st. This past Tuesday, his son, Second Lt. Robert M. Kelly was killed after he was struck by an improvised explosive device while on a foot patrol in Afghanistan. Today is Veterans Day and my wife and I went downtown this morning for the Veterans Day parade and ceremony. It was very moving. Please make sure you thank a vet or service man every time you see one. They sacrifice so much for us and some pay the ultimate price with their life.
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In the UK we remember all those who've died in battle, today - Sunday. There will be parades, wreath laying and church services in every town and village throughout the country. While we remember all those who've lost their lives recently, I still struggle to imagine what it must have been like at the Battle of the Somme in Northern France when on one day in 1916 the British army lost 60,000 men. Unimaginable, and tragic...
Dave
Noted your post on Rotary. Are you a Rotarian? I joined Rotary about 1.5 years ago... wish I had done so years ago .
Glenn Seymour
glenn.seymour@gmail.com
Love being a Rotarian. Became a Paul Harris fellow a few months back as a gift from my club. I am very active.
Dave
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