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Saturday, May 27, 2006
 


         Hi,

         I saw an item in the local paper today that brought back Nostalgia, Memories and Thoughts of Brooklyn. It was a small piece that said that the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) would be distributing Buddy Poppies and accepting donations at a number of local stores and banks.

Memorial Day Poppy
         According to the local Post Commander, "VFW bylaws require that the proceeds from the distribution of Poppy Buddies must be used to benefit disabled and needy veterans and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans in the local community. In 1923, the VFW was the first veterans' organization to promote a national campaign for the annual distribution of Poppies. The American Legion also participates in the sale of the Poppies throughout the U.S.


         All Americans are asked to wear the Poppy as a rememberance and "to honor of the millions of Americans who have willingly served our nation, all too many of whom have made the ultimate sacrifice".


         I remember my Dad wearing the poppy and I wore a poppy when I worked in the city. I'm going to get a Poppy to wear and I encourage you to also.



         BTW. I came across this site, PBS Memorial Day Meaning and thought it was worth sharing. When you are there you might find it worthwhile to visit PBS Memorial Day



         TTFN,

Ken2@BrooklynMemories.com

Memorial Day, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
 


         Hi,

         This Memorial Day brings back specific memories of times long ago for me. I just jotted them down and shared them with Col. Frank Mullens (Ret.) and he suggested I put them out on the site and see what reaction it gets.


         Yes, today's post is part of my Nostalgia, Memories and Thoughts of Brooklyn.



















Memorial Day, 2006

by Ken Thompson




         My Dad had been a Prisoner of War in WWII.

         He never brought it up for discussion nor described the time spent in the German’s Stalag 7A. When I was older, and trying to learn more about who he actually was, I did bring up being a POW but all he would say was, “It wasn’t fun but I wasn’t mistreated too badly. A lot of guys didn’t make it back and some that did were in worse condition than me. I really don’t want to talk about it… it’s over.”

         My Dad wasn’t a flag waver but he never passed up an opportunity to buy a soldier a drink and give him a chance to tell his story to my Dad if he wanted to.

         My Dad succeeded in instilling in me a respect for the people who put their life on the line in defense of our nation and its values. It was important to him that I understand that people had lost their lives so that we could have the life we live.

         Every couple of years my Dad would take me to the parade on Eastern Parkway and then to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Grand Army Plaza. There he would give me a synopsis of the war and what was at stake in it. He explained that the Arch was not just for any one war but for all wars and for the men who put their lives in danger and particularly for the ones that died… their day was Memorial Day.

         In other years he would take me to Fort Greene to visit the memorial to the 11 thousands of American patriots and martyrs who had been imprisoned and died in the eleven British prison ships docked in Wallabout Bay during the Revolutionary War.

         Less frequently we would visit other war memorial spots in Brooklyn and the City and he would speak of patriotism, honor, values, and life and of the price that has to be paid to keep them.

         In all honesty, as a youngster, these Memorial Day outings began to wear on me after the first three years. There was Coney Island, baseball, hanging out, and planning what to do in the summer that seemed more important. I think I was ten when my mother took me aside and told he how important the Memorial Day trips were for my Dad and that I shouldn’t complain if I knew what was good for me.

         As I think back on those Memorial Days, a memory comes back that seemed to recur through each of the yearly trips. My Dad said that the United States seemed to have wars in every decade… maybe not every 10 years but in every decade. He was right.

         Some of the wars, insurrections or “police actions” were smaller than others but in all of them “American” soldiers died. Some wars predate our Revolutionary War and some after it seem to have forgotten such as the Seminole Wars.

         The message I got is that in every war we get involved for “good” reasons and in every war soldiers die and that we should honor them and their families for what they gave up.

         On this Memorial Day I think about our soldiers overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan and about the soldiers from the Vietnam War that did not seem to get a fair shake from all our citizenry. I pray for their save return so we can honor them on on Veterans’ Day and not Memorial Day.

         To all our soldiers, past, present and future, I say, “Thank you!”




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         Take a moment to think of the men and women we honor this Memorial Day and fly a flag to honor them.





         TTFN,

Ken2@BrooklynMemories.com

 

 

 



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