A Sidetrip from the Ohio Show

[MacHete]

Kathy and I attended the Ohio Classic Knife Show last weekend, and took some time to explore the area around the 'National Road' (Route 40). Our travels took us to Zanesville, Ohio, where we happened upon this:

Each one of those flags had a name on it. It was a very simple and very powerful reminder of the sacrifices some have made for the freedoms we enjoy. I pray that no such sacrifice is ever in vain.

 

[orca8589]

Wow. Just...Wow. Very sobering. Thanks for posting.

thx - cpr

 

[MacHete]

Thought I'd bump this back up for Veteran's Day.

There are probably (I would certainly hope) similar displays all over the place out there. I found this one particularly moving because I served (much more modestly) in the Ohio Army National Guard when I lived there.

I was never called upon to serve in combat. I would like to think that I would have acquitted myself honorably if I had been. The regard I have for those who were and did is of the highest order. Some people might shallowly describe this as "survivor's guilt" but I really don't think it is the same thing at all. I think it's much closer to what Lincoln was referring to at Gettysburg:

"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain..."

Armed conflict should never be lightly entered into, nor lightly abandoned once begun.

Thank you to all Veterans, past and present. May God bless you and your families for the sacrifices you have made for all our sakes.

 

[6.0stroker]

Thought I'd bump this back up for Veteran's Day.

There are probably (I would certainly hope) similar displays all over the place out there. I found this one particularly moving because I served (much more modestly) in the Ohio Army National Guard when I lived there.

I was never called upon to serve in combat. I would like to think that I would have acquitted myself honorably if I had been. The regard I have for those who were and did is of the highest order. Some people might shallowly describe this as "survivor's guilt" but I really don't think it is the same thing at all. I think it's much closer to what Lincoln was referring to at Gettysburg:

"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain..."

Armed conflict should never be lightly entered into, nor lightly abandoned once begun.

Thank you to all Veterans, past and present. May God bless you and your families for the sacrifices you have made for all our sakes.

Amen this says/explains my feelings and sympathy very well!!!:thumbup:


Thank YOU all and especially those that have shed blood sweat and tears for the freedoms we all enjoy today may we NEVER forget.!

GOD BLESS ALL for past and present Service to our Country!