quiet holiday weekend

 

isn't that the truth?  as our nation looks forward to voting, preservation of the freedoms so valiantly and sacrificially won should be uppermost in voters' minds.  it's the very least we owe them.  let us remain, "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."  

Just a few in my family....

Charles F. Thorne Jr., WWII at Utah Beach, July 1944

Joseph F. Thorne, Civil War, 17th Maine Regiment, at Appomattox Lee's surrender

Calmon White Jr, WWI, injured in explosion on USS Trenton; WWII off coast of Normandy rescuing the living and documenting casualties on D-Day

Ansel White, WWI, mustard gas exposure with permanent health issues

Lt Joel Whitney, Revolutionary War, Battle of Margaretta

many more served honorably and faithfully....I salute them all