Here in Brookings every Memorial Day weekend they hold a Azalea Festival. Well the weekend starts with a parade (Not called Memorial Day Parade ) well this year the USCG Color Guard was not front and center as it should always be it had to follow about 15 emergency vehicles. Since when is a parade not led by a color guard with our nations flag? Needles to say we Vets were steamed.

So how did your town Honor Our Fallen Heroes of the wars?

 

Sad that respect for the flag is not taught in this country any more. Sounds like a leftist plot to me.... You didn't see Herb around there laughing from the shadows did ya?

 

LOL Nope No Herb but a lot of Red Diaper Doper Babies.. And wouldn't ya know all our pieces were at the VFW Hall!

 

Friend of mine said there were a bunch of protestors outside Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio yesterday. Some were even carrying signs reading "Baby Bombers". Kinda makes you wonder how they were raised.

 

No, not really......

Seein' an awful lot of this kind of garbage these days......

 

I wonder why they did that? Believe it or not, I’m with you. Doesn’t seem right. We didn't have a parade but we did have a big ceremony at War Memorial Stadium (fitting name huh?) honoring the military.

I grew up in a military family. My Great Grandfather (WWI), my Grandfather (WWII), and my Father (Vietnam) all served with distinction. I salute anyone who has served for our freedom.

Britt

 

Britt all my Vol FF Buds were floored too. Who knows what the chamber was thinking?

 

Yeah... I'm with you. I don't get it. Maybe it won't happen next year. I'm sure if you guys have anything to do with it IT WON'T

Take care.

Britt

 

I think it's all the Kalifornians moving to Brookings that made the decision. My parents live just outside Brookings and I can't believe how much things have changed there in such a short time.

 

Our parades all are proceeded with the flag

(Although I don't think it's "official"; not military or anything, just a hottie on a horse with a flag...But the flag's still out front!)

 

Even the lane striping up the main drag is red, white and blue

But then again, this isn't OreGONE.

 

Yeah, and they call us hippies!

Where's your guys' red white and blue road paint?

 

The flag is always out front in this (Loomis) California town,and also at my adopted town of Weaverville,Ca. Sorry to hear the flag misplacement ramlovingvet,i hope it is rectified ASAP. P.S. I hear the fishing has been hot up your way.

 

Its not bad but we have got alot of wind.

But on the 10th I am headed North to Bandon to go Halibut fishing and that will be a hoot if we get on them.