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Since this is Veterans Day Weekend, 2019, It is appropo to remember the Men and Women who have served our Country over the years... Some are no longer with us and we should not forget them as well... I created the included Short video from numerous sources as a Tribute to ALL of our Veterans and those who have passed on to eternal rest... In this video, I included an Eagle soaring above... An Eagle symbolizing our Freedom as a Nation. I have also included images from military files and elsewhere representing a large part of our Military and our Veterans...
Why and when was the Eagle selected to be our Countries Symbol?
Here are a few of the reasons:
The bald eagle was chosen June 20, 1782 as the emblem of the United States of America, because of its long life, great strength and majestic looks, and also because it was then believed to exist only on this continent.
On the backs of our gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings.
On the Great Seal of the United States and in many places which are exponents of our nation's authority we see the same emblem.
The eagle represents freedom. Living as he does on the tops of lofty mountains, amid the solitary grandeur of Nature, he has unlimited freedom, whether with strong pinions he sweeps into the valleys below, or upward into the boundless spaces beyond.
"It is said the eagle was used as a national emblem because, at one of the first battles of the Revolution (which occurred early in the morning) the noise of the struggle awoke the sleeping eagles on the heights and they flew from their nests and circled about over the heads of the fighting men, all the while giving vent to their raucous cries. "They are shrieking for Freedom," said the patriots. Thus the eagle, full of the boundless spirit of freedom, living above the valleys, strong and powerful in his might, has become the national emblem of a country that offers freedom in word and thought and an opportunity for a full and free expansion into the boundless space of the future." --Maude M. Grant
Why and when was the Eagle selected to be our Countries Symbol?
Here are a few of the reasons:
The bald eagle was chosen June 20, 1782 as the emblem of the United States of America, because of its long life, great strength and majestic looks, and also because it was then believed to exist only on this continent.
On the backs of our gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings.
On the Great Seal of the United States and in many places which are exponents of our nation's authority we see the same emblem.
The eagle represents freedom. Living as he does on the tops of lofty mountains, amid the solitary grandeur of Nature, he has unlimited freedom, whether with strong pinions he sweeps into the valleys below, or upward into the boundless spaces beyond.
"It is said the eagle was used as a national emblem because, at one of the first battles of the Revolution (which occurred early in the morning) the noise of the struggle awoke the sleeping eagles on the heights and they flew from their nests and circled about over the heads of the fighting men, all the while giving vent to their raucous cries. "They are shrieking for Freedom," said the patriots. Thus the eagle, full of the boundless spirit of freedom, living above the valleys, strong and powerful in his might, has become the national emblem of a country that offers freedom in word and thought and an opportunity for a full and free expansion into the boundless space of the future." --Maude M. Grant
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Veterans Day Weekend, 2019
TSgt David L. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Jeannie Carle Maj Rev. Fr. Samuel WATERS - Traditional RC Priest Sgt Albert Castro LTC Stephen C. SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SPC Margaret Higgins SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez LTJG Josh Thaxton SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT Kevin Foley Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth cmsgt-rickey-denicke-sr MSgt Stephen Council CWO3 Dave Alcantara Sgt John H. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Douglas Bolton SPC Mark Huddleston
TSgt David L. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Jeannie Carle Maj Rev. Fr. Samuel WATERS - Traditional RC Priest Sgt Albert Castro LTC Stephen C. SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SPC Margaret Higgins SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez LTJG Josh Thaxton SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT Kevin Foley Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth cmsgt-rickey-denicke-sr MSgt Stephen Council CWO3 Dave Alcantara Sgt John H. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Douglas Bolton SPC Mark Huddleston
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SPC Douglas Bolton
Totally awesome Kerry. Need to talk to you seeing if you could do a trailer for my up coming book. Think about it.
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SGT Mark Anderson SrA Marianne Santangelo Sgt (Join to see) SFC Jay Thompson SSG Shavonde Chase Lt Col Jim Coe SrA Edward Vong Sgt Dale Cusack SSgt Rilene Ann LTC John Mohor cpl-tony-lee-hamilton SPC Deborah Root-White SFC Jay Thompson po3-craig-phillips sfc-jack-champion LTC (Join to see) SSgt Terry P. PO3 Lynn Spalding SPC Nancy Greene SSG Michael Noll
SGT Mark Anderson SrA Marianne Santangelo Sgt (Join to see) SFC Jay Thompson SSG Shavonde Chase Lt Col Jim Coe SrA Edward Vong Sgt Dale Cusack SSgt Rilene Ann LTC John Mohor cpl-tony-lee-hamilton SPC Deborah Root-White SFC Jay Thompson po3-craig-phillips sfc-jack-champion LTC (Join to see) SSgt Terry P. PO3 Lynn Spalding SPC Nancy Greene SSG Michael Noll
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