November 11, 2009
Fort Collins, CO
My Veterans Day Tribute to Dad (Ted) and all Veterans. I am so proud of you Dad and proud to count many Veterans among my friends. I am proud of you, too Tim. This is my way of showing sincere appreciation for all the freedoms we enjoy because of the men and women who serve our country -- past -- present -- and future.
This one is going to take about 18-20 minutes of your time. Once the video is loaded (Mom's computer took several minutes) you can double-click or right click+zoom to enlarge it to full screen although you'll lose some clarity. Clicking ESC for escape will get you back to the original format.
Slide Show movies and videos take a few seconds, maybe even a minute to load so -- patience please. FYI: Sometimes after blogger maintenance, the code for the movies embedded in the posts gets scrambled... but a duplicate is always posted in the Movie section at the bottom of the page... enjoy.
Veterans Day Tribute 2009
A friend of ours has this to say:
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at nite, only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Thank you Veterans, God Bless... -- Nubbin
The quote is most commonly attributed to George Orwell. It really doesn't matter who said it - it speaks most eloquently about why we honor our Veterans.
THANK YOU, MY LOVING DAUGHTER, FOR THE MOST WONDERFUL TRIBUTE THAT YOU MADE FOR YOUR DAD. HE WILL LOVE IT AND WILL PROBABLY SHED A TEAR OR TWO AS I DID. YOU ARE SO THOUGHTFUL AND SO TALENTED IN THE WAY THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER THINGS. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO ME AND I KNOW YOUR DAD WILL BE SO GRATEFUL.
ReplyDeleteWE LOVE YOU AND TIM FOR ALL YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO SO MANY THINGS TO HONOR YOUR DAD. I AM SO VERY GLAD YOU ARE SO VERY PROUD OF HIM AND WHAT HE DID AND WHAT HE DOES TODAY. HE IS A PATRIOT ANY WAY YOU WRITE IT. HE LOVES HIS COUNTRY AND HE LOVES THE FLAG AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR.
THANK YOU MY LOVELY ONE.
LOVE
MOM
--NEZZIE--
what a wonderful video - full of some photos I remember as a child -- others i've never seen and quite fitting to John Wayne.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all service members for their dedication, sacrifices, fearlessness and guided reasoning for fighting for and continuing to uphold those freedoms we hold so dear to our hearts. But even more thanks to Papa and Daddo ... for being a part of such a great thing!