Veterans Day 2011

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The 11the hour of the 11th day of the 11th month:
The time the peace agreement between Germany and the Allies took effect in 1918 after four years of fighting.
Lest we forget: Britain comes to a standstill on this Armistice Day to remember those brave heroes who fought and died for the country
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060237/Remembrance-Day-2011-Britain-comes-standstill-Armistice-Day-observe-2-minute-silence.html
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A fitting and proper remembrance of this special day is the President Lincoln Gettysburg Address:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmVqj5HXuyc
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's prayer for American victory and for the protection of U.S. forces abroad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgawfZAqgiE
Recorded audio from the original June 6, 1944 radio broadcast.
There is a major effort to include this prayer upon a plaque at the WW2 Memorial in DC.
Sadly there are those who oppose doing so:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/obama-administration-opposes-fdr-prayer-at-wwii-memorial/?intcmp=obnetwork
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Perhaps Political Correctness has overshadowed even this simple old poem:
God and the soldier we adore
In times of danger, not before
The danger past, and all wrongs righted
God’s forgotten and the soldier slighted
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A contribution to the Franklin County High School Memorial Scholarship in memory of Cpl. Jared Kubasak, KIA in Iraq, would be a fitting tribute to his supreme sacrifice and a positive assistance to a worthy FCHS graduate.
http://www.lars1.com/Kubasak/
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