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<blockquote data-quote="Dega Moo" data-source="post: 1022405" data-attributes="member: 19930"><p>Maybe it was just this thread had me primed but my ears were up all weekend about Memorial Day and the meaning as more than just another holiday. Anyway, I get most of my news from an iPad looking at USA Today and Fox News apps as well as a silly little news reader called Pulse. There were numerous Memorial Day stories - about Veterans and their sacrifices in both USA Today and Fox. There were stories and pictures of the Memorials in DC as well as Arlington. My Pulse reader had literally dozens of news stories. If I were illiterate, I could have missed it but otherwise, not a chance.</p><p></p><p>Watched the Cardinals on TV showing poor manners battering their lowly cousins the Royals in K.C. yesterday. There were a lot of special moments during the game and on TV where the importance and meaning of the day were highlighted by the game announcers and MLB. It wasn't overdone, but was certainly not underdone. At the end of the game, they had a serviceman at the game down on his knee proposing to a young woman. (She shook her head yes!) My female in-laws were all tearing up and sobbing.</p><p></p><p>The ballplayers wore special caps and uniforms with with pixelated (SP?) camouflage numbers and graphics in honor of America's servicemen. Even the umpires wore the hats. Every ball game I've been to for I don't know how many years, takes some time to point out service men and women attending the game and these folks always get a huge reception. </p><p></p><p>I could go on about other things I heard and saw - but the point is, as a nation we do better at some of this stuff than we want to give or take credit for doing. I'm optimistic about the USA. I think the generations following mine are better than mine, and mine wasn't half bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dega Moo, post: 1022405, member: 19930"] Maybe it was just this thread had me primed but my ears were up all weekend about Memorial Day and the meaning as more than just another holiday. Anyway, I get most of my news from an iPad looking at USA Today and Fox News apps as well as a silly little news reader called Pulse. There were numerous Memorial Day stories - about Veterans and their sacrifices in both USA Today and Fox. There were stories and pictures of the Memorials in DC as well as Arlington. My Pulse reader had literally dozens of news stories. If I were illiterate, I could have missed it but otherwise, not a chance. Watched the Cardinals on TV showing poor manners battering their lowly cousins the Royals in K.C. yesterday. There were a lot of special moments during the game and on TV where the importance and meaning of the day were highlighted by the game announcers and MLB. It wasn't overdone, but was certainly not underdone. At the end of the game, they had a serviceman at the game down on his knee proposing to a young woman. (She shook her head yes!) My female in-laws were all tearing up and sobbing. The ballplayers wore special caps and uniforms with with pixelated (SP?) camouflage numbers and graphics in honor of America's servicemen. Even the umpires wore the hats. Every ball game I've been to for I don't know how many years, takes some time to point out service men and women attending the game and these folks always get a huge reception. I could go on about other things I heard and saw - but the point is, as a nation we do better at some of this stuff than we want to give or take credit for doing. I'm optimistic about the USA. I think the generations following mine are better than mine, and mine wasn't half bad. [/QUOTE]
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