Happy Independence Day ~ July 4th 2006

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Wild Thing’s comment…….Below is something special a Vietnam Veteran friend of mine sent to me. He has been fighting Agent Orange but wanted to share this and thanks each of you for your service to our country.Thank you my dear friend.

“Little Stitches”
by NamVet3 tours
When I was a kid, I used to walk to the movie house. I’d look at the flag in the courthouse square. I always will remember how good it made me feel. My feelings actually went beyond just a good, warm feeling, the sight of that flag made me feel safe, and loved. That flag has always made me feel that way.
The sight of that flag always made me think that I could do anything, and so many times it proved my feeling right. I used to take the flag down at our house when I was a kid. I remember feeling the stitches and thinking that it is a piece of many cloths, sewn together by delicate thread. But, when it was all together it was a symbol of the greatest love, and the greatest strength this world has ever seen.I remember thinking that as long as I could see that flag I would always be home.
When I was a young lad of 19 years I went half way around the world to fight a war for that flag, and all it stood for. I was scared, and I was lonely, till I saw that flag, then I was home. I was eating dinner with my family, I was kissing my girl goodnight, I was looking at the stars in my backyard. As we left base camp for a 3 week patrol I would stand, silent and still, for a moment looking at the flag. A tear would come to my eye, and a prayer on my lips…”God, make me good enough to die for my country if I must, and make me good enough to live for it if I can”.
Well, He must of had a higher purpose for me, because here I am, typing this. Today I raised that flag, just after dawn. I took it in my hands and I looked at those little stitches that hold together those pieces of cloth. I had a shudder of life run up my spine, and a tear came to my eye. A great banner of many cloths held together by those little stitches. That flag protects me, and my family. It makes us feel safe, it brings us home, it gives us comfort, it binds us together and makes us one. Those little stitches holding together those pieces of varied cloth, they bring me home and protect me.
As my flag took it’s first breath of the morning breeze it snapped and started flying, proudly in that breeze. I felt so safe standing there under it. It was shouting it’s defiance against enemies, it was waving it’s call of unity and freedom for all Americans. It reminded me that I was a part of the greatest thing that mankind has ever done. I could almost hear those little stitches say…”We’ll hold these pieces of cloth together, and we’ll do it as long as it takes. When we are done, and we can’t do it anymore there will be more of us to do this thing again, and again, and again”.
These are the little stitches that keep our nation together. They are you and I, they are your neighbor, and your crazy cousin. They are the comments and posters at Theodore’s World , and all the “faithful”. We’re all little stitches that hold together the pieces of cloth that make up our nation. When we see it, we feel safe, and we walk home, unafraid.

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I invite you to watch this Video of our troops in Iraq and the Charlie Daniels Band.

Please click
on photo above to watch the very special Video
– Thank you

From Wild Thing

4 July is not just a day to party, cook out,
go to the beach, or recreate in a myriad of ways.
4 July has a much more profound meaning.
4 July is all about: Belleau Woods,
Inchon, Khe Sahn, Guadalcanal, Kuwait,
Tarawa, Chosin Reservoir, Grenada,
Bougainville, Hue City, Panama, Iwo Jima,
Somalia, Beirut, Peleilu, and many
other places where the price of freedom came due.
4 July is a day of celebration in our nation
precisely because of what so many unsung
heroes were willing to do
in order to make it so.
4 July comes and goes every year,
overshadowed often by summer vacations
and busy schedules.
4 July, however, brings to the forefront
in many hearts, the knowledge of what America might be
if not for the courage, sacrifice,
and dedication of the finest of her sons and daughters.
4 July is a day for every Veteran,
and those serving, to receive the recognition
that should come from a people,
who owe the precious gift of freedom to these gallant warriors
and servants of our Constitution..
4 July is a day in which we,
the “protected,” stand and salute you.
Your efforts often go unrewarded and unrecognized
in a manner befitting you.
4 July is a day for at least myself
and those like me to attempt
to honor these men and women properly
and to say, “Thank You.”
What you have done, and continue to do
every day, makes it possible
us to celebrate on 4 July,
and to live in “The Land Of The Free.”
We can never repay you sufficiently for this privilege.
May God bless each of you!

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