Topic: Remembrance
DavidCommaGeek's photo
Sun 07/05/15 08:58 AM
Edited by DavidCommaGeek on Sun 07/05/15 08:58 AM
A bit surprised that a thread like this hasn't been made yet - or maybe it has, and it just got lost in the shuffle. Deserves a bump either way.

Point being, the celebration of the 4th of July in the United States is about more than fireworks and barbeques. It is about remembering those who sacrificed for their freedom, and those who gave their lives defending it.

So today, this weekend, this month, this year, let us stop to remember every soldier who has sacrificed, suffered, and died in defense of the principles of freedom, democracy, and self-determination. Let us honor those who have done their duty to their country and the principles upon which those countries stand: Honor. Duty. Loyalty. Service. Freedom.

We salute and thank you all.

MelMaxx's photo
Sun 07/05/15 09:00 AM
Edited by MelMaxx on Sun 07/05/15 09:01 AM


AGREED flowerforyou

SitkaRains's photo
Sun 07/05/15 11:23 AM





I totally agree and I would like to take it one step farther, I am not taking away any of the sacrifices that each solider has made to our beloved country. We also need to respect and honour all the parents, spouses children and so on that has stood by and kept the home fires burning sending love and strength to these amazing men and women.

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Sun 07/05/15 01:25 PM
I'm always in awe when I'm lucky enough to meet anyone from the forces.

To the loved and lost, shine on

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Sun 07/05/15 02:35 PM
It is about remembering those who sacrificed for their freedom, and those who gave their lives defending it.

Huh?
I thought that was what memorial day was for in May?
Also veteran's day in November?

I was under the impression that July 4th (independence day) was about celebrating the colonies coming together to form a brand new nation.
A date chosen to remember adopting the declaration of independence telling everyone we were no longer to be considered a bunch of British colonies.
To celebrate that we are a country and everything that makes this a country.

...Not just veterans.

I know the "salute the troops until you get a shiver up your leg" meme is kind of running rampant anymore, but July 4th really isn't about those in the military.
It's about everyone in the nation.

DavidCommaGeek's photo
Sun 07/05/15 05:02 PM
Would we ever have achieved or kept that independence if we didn't have soldiers fighting for it, then and now? A Declaration is one thing - risking your life to uphold that Declaration is something else.