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Jorja, Thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate your...

2010-05-29T17:26:57.564-07:00

Jorja,
Thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate your perspective about the different generations. I remember right after 9/11 I was working in the IT department of a large insurance company. I was the project manager for deploying 21st century hardware and software to 3000+ employees. We were experiencing some bandwidth issues on our servers. After investigating the issue we discovered that a number of employees had downloaded a free US Flag that would bounce across their monitors. I called a meeting of all the senior managers, asked them to raise their hands to indicate if they had downloaded the flag to their PC. Many hands were raised. I then asked of those with raised hands how many prior to 9/11 wore a US Flag lapel pen every day. Not one hand. They got my message. The bouncing flags were removed.

Judy, i got a good chuckle out of that one. i am c...

2010-05-29T16:43:08.178-07:00

Judy, i got a good chuckle out of that one. i am certain that lovely lady was less than impressed with the patriotism of the boys! on another note, i think my generation had all but forgotten how to think about being patriotic until 9/11 and then we were plunged headlong into a very confusing and blurry version of it. i know it isn't necessarily true, but it does seem as if things were more clear for earlier generations. i see my self as a patriot, but i also find myself at odds with so much. anyway, thanks for the history lesson and the chuckle.

This week I learned that Eric's grandmother pa...

2009-07-11T07:27:08.797-07:00

This week I learned that Eric's grandmother passed away on July 4, 2009. Funeral services for Dorry Gray will be today, July 11, 2009. We send our condolences to Dorry's family...Patti, Drew, Matt, Eric (our old neighbors). Donations in Dorry's memory maybe forwarded to Kearsarge Cemetery Beautification Project, P.O. Box 266, Kearsarge, NH 03847. I will be sending a donation.

I just read today's issue of the Conway Daily Sun....

2009-05-23T09:00:54.923-07:00

I just read today's issue of the Conway Daily Sun. In their article about Memorial Day, "A Bittersweet Day" they reported the following:
Past American Legion Post 95 commander Frank McCarthy said the local Memorial Day activities unofficially began a few weeks ago when veterans traveled to every cemetery in Mount Washington Valley and placed an American flag at the grave of fallen veterans.
"We put a flag on every veteran's grave that we're aware of," McCarthy said, Thursday. "We're talking hundreds and hundreds of flags. (Post 95) covers the northern half of the valley and Post 46 does the southern half. We cover 30 different cemeteries. I am not sure people realize how the flags get there, or who pays for them. We do it; the flags don't just grow there."