Memorial Day

[Mark_Corzine]

To the past and present soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coasties, and their families.  Thank you for all you have done to protect our freedoms and way of life.
Mark Corzine
LTC, CA

[James_Mazetta]

Yes thank you to them all. The real heroes of america.

[Laura_Kurtz]

Last night when coming home from the store, I drove by the little church that is on the corner of Church Road and Kent Road.  The church has a small cemetary to the side on Church Road with some stones dating back at least to the 1800's that I saw from the road.  Well, something caught my eye as soon as I was driving by the cemetary (I always glance over to it when going by).  I saw a couple of Boy Scouts and their leader, with American flags in their hands, saluting one of the stones.  That person they were saluting were obviously a veteran in some branch of service.  I thought how wonderful it was that these Boy Scouts were going through the cemetary, placing flags next to the stones of the veterans buried there.  It really makes one stop and think that THIS is the reason why we celebrate Memorial Day.  While it is nice to get together with family and friends for a BBQ, it is important to remember the real reason for Memorial Day.  

A HUGE thank you goes out to all of our servicemen/servicewomen now serving our country and to those that gave their lives so we can have all that we have today.

Laura

[Ray_Spengler]

Thank you to all who have ever served in our armed forces for our freedom.  This is the best place on the planet to live and I would not want to live anywhere else.

[Sue_Veitengruber]

I am surprised that there is no notice on the Township's website. Either the VFW or American Legion lays wreathes at four site on Memorial Day starting at 9 am at Sovereign Bank's memorial on Salem Hill Road, the site on Church and Kent, Town Hall and Farmingdale at Asbury Ave and Main St. It will probably be in tomorrow or
Sunday's APP. But let us remember, especially with our troops still in combat:

                                                          

[Paul_Schneider]

IT IS THE SOLDIER (BY Charles m. Province)
 
It is the Soldier,not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Paul Schneider
Lt. Seth Dvorin Post
Manalapan-Marlboro
Post 972
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America

[Laura_Kurtz]

What a beautiful piece Paul.  Thank you for sharing it.

[Kathy_Baratta]

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Paul,

It really was beautiful. While it invoked the exact right sentiment, it wasn't maudlin or overwrought.

Again. Really beautiful - and true!

Thank you,

KB[/size]

[Mark_Corzine]

American service members have lost their lives in 85 wars, expeditions, terrorist attacks and assorted military actions in the past 233 years.  The majority of these deaths occurred in about 12 major wars.  However, the fact that service members died in action does not lessen the sacrifice of those killed in the numerous and mostly forgotten minor expeditions in the far-flung corners of the globe.  Whenever an American in uniform is killed by hostile enemy action, it is meaningful!  That loss must be remembered and forever recognized.

The following is provided by the Veterans Of Foreign Wars

Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783)
Indian War (1789 1898)
Franco-American War (1798 – 1800)
Barbary Wars (1801 – 05, 1815)
USS Chesapeake vs. HMS Leopard (1807)
War of 1812 (1812 – 1815)
Marquesas Islands (1813 – 1814)
Slave Attack in Florida (1816)
Peru (1820)
West Indies (1822 – 1825)
Aegean Sea (1827)
Sumatra (1832)
Texas War of Independence (1835 – 1836)
Mexican War (1846 – 1848)
Paraguay (1855)
China (1855 – 59)
Fiji (1840, 1855, 1858)
“Cortina War”/Texas Border (1859 – 1860)
Vera Cruz, Mexico (1860)
Civil War (1861 – 1865)
Japan (1863)
Formosa (1867)
Mexico (1870)
Korea (1871)
Chile (1891)
Spanish – American War (1898)
Philippines War (1899 – 1902)
Samoa (1899)
China/Boxer Rebellion (1900)
Moro Campaigns (1902 – 06, 1913)
Dominican Republic (1904)
Mexican Border (1911 – 1919)
Nicaragua (1912)
Vera Cruz (1914)
Haiti (1915 – 20)
Dominican Republic (1916 – 1922)
Mexico Punitive Expedition (1916)
World War I (1917 – 1918)
North Russia Expedition (1918 -1919)
Siberia Expedition (1918 – 1920)
Nicaragua (1927 – 1932)
Yangtze Service, China (1918 – 1941)
North Atlantic Naval War (1941)
World War II (1941 – 1945)
Trieste/Italy (1944 – 1946)
Chinese Civil War (1945 – 1947)
Cold War (1944 – 1994)
Philippines (1946, 1951)
Greek Civil War (1946 – 1949)
Korean War (1950 – 1953)
Quemoy and Matsu (1954)
Lebanon (1958)
Bay of Pigs, Cuba (1961)
Laos (1961 – 1962)
Vietnam War (1961 – 1973)
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Panama Canal Riots (1964)
Dominican Republic (1965 – 1966)
Guatemala (1965 – 1968)
Korea DMZ (1966 – 1969)
USS Liberty off Israel (1967)
Terrorism
      Islamic (1970 – 1998)
      Marxist (1973 – 1991)
Mayaguez – Cambodia/Koh Tang Island (1975)
Iran (1980)
Lebanon (1982 -1984)
Grenada (1983)
El Salvador (1983 – 1991)
Southwest Africa (1984)
Honduras (1984, 1989)
Libya (1986)
USS Stark – Persian Gulf (1987)
Persian Gulf War (1990 – 1991)
Aircraft Shoot-down, Peru (1992)
Somalia (1992 – 1994)
Haiti (1994)
Khobar Towers/Saudi Arabia (1996)
US Embassy/Kenya (1998)
Kosovo (1999)
USS Cole/Yemen (2000)
Terrorist Attacks (2001 – 2002)
Afghanistan War (2000 – Present)
Iraq War (2003 – Present)

[Sue_Veitengruber]

Good picture KB, and very appropriate.

We spent part a good part of the day with friends in the cradle of the US government, Philadelphia. We arrived yesterday morning and spent some time at Indendence Hall, the Liberty Bell and the National Constitution Center before  attending a wedding last night. After brunch this morning, a group of us went back to the Historic Area and there were white markers with the names and pictures of all the local service men and women who had lost their lives in Afganistan and Iraq on the mall of the Independence Vistors Center.

There were numerous ceremonies at all of the various war memorials. We saw the one at the Vietnam Memorial. Very impressive. We met a young navy fighter pilot who just returned from Iraq, and we thanked him for his service.

Hope everyone had a good day!

                                                                          

[Maria_Lynn_Lamb]

i hope to take the kids to philly and see all those landmarks this summer.

you certainly had nice weather for the weekend!