Take the time today

[FxrAndy]

They grow not old as we that are left grow old

Age shall no weary them

Nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning

We will remember them

[StormTooper4]

Yes I will

[PeteM]

Never forgotten ....

 

 

What candles may be held to speed them all?
  Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
  The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of silent minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

[Mike on a bike]

As life goes on you tend to do it more, youth is wasted on the young.

[Nanuq]

Lest we forget. Thank you gents, well said.

[KB]

Lest we forget.

 

 

Ken

[panerai153]

Lest we forget. They gave their lives so that we could be doing the things we want to do today. They made the supreme sacrifice.

[Nanuq]

This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.

He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,

Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,

And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,

Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,

And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'

Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,

And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'

Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,

But he'll remember, with advantages,

What feats he did that day.

Then shall our names,

Familiar in his mouth as household words-

Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,

Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-

Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.

This story shall the good man teach his son;

And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remembered-

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition;

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed

Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

[JoeyB]

Memorial Day is the day set aside to honor our heroes fallen in battle. 

Veteran's Day is the day set aside to honor all who served. 

 

An  "unknown soldier" was buried in highest place of honor in England at Westminster Abbey,  and France in the Arc de Triomphe   on November 11th, celebrating the ending of World War I hostilities at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 This day became known internationally as "Armistice Day".

The United States of America in 1921 followed France and England by laying to rest the remains of a World War I American soldier -- his name "known but to God" -- on a Virginia hillside overlooking the city of Washington DC and the Potomac River. This site became known as the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier," and today is called the "Tomb of the Unknowns." Located in Arlington National Cemetery, the tomb symbolizes dignity and reverence for the American veteran.

November 11th officially became known as Armistice Day through an act of Congress in 1926. In 1954, President Eisenhower signed a bill proclaiming November 11 as Veterans Day.

The Veterans Day National Ceremony takes place at exactly 11 a.m. each November 11th. A color guard, made up of members from each of the military branches, renders honors to America's war dead during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. 
The President places a wreath at the Tomb and a bugler sounds Taps.

Lest we forget. 

[Nanuq]

[ubiquitous]

Thank you to all, who selflessly put yourselves in harms way to fight for our freedoms and keep us safe.

 

I cannot say thanks enough...

 

Godspeed.

[lionsandtigers]

+1 on what Ubi said