Category Archives: Traditions

Happy 4th of July!

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.” President John F. Kennedy   Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a [...]

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President Obama will skip Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery

By Anne E. Kornblut and Ed O’Keefe Washington Post Staff  Writers President Obama is skipping the traditional Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery, a move that has dismayed some veterans — and comes at a sensitive moment in the administration’s relationship with the military. Instead of speaking at Arlington, as he did last year and [...]

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SEIU Doesn’t Pledge Allegiance to Our Flag, Republic or Nation

Hat Tip to the FEDERAL WAY CONSERVATIVE where I found this YouTube video. I said the Pledge of Allegiance every school day at Sacred Heart Catholic grade school and at countless civic functions and sporting events through the years. I don’t recall anyone EVER laughing at someone for leading the Pledge. It sometimes feels that [...]

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2nd Lt. Patrick M. Cronin Commissioning Ceremony

Forest Park in St. Louis, Mo. was a cold and windswept venue this Saturday morning, chosen by my son, Pat, for his commissioning ceremony as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Kathy and I drove to the World’s Fair Pavilion with my brother and sister-in-law.  Since I am a stickler for being [...]

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The Desolate Wilderness

A chronicle of the Pilgrims’ arrival at Plymouth, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton. Here beginneth the chronicle of those memorable circumstances of the year 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton, keeper of the records of Plymouth Colony, based on the account of William Bradford, sometime governor thereof: So they left that goodly and pleasant city [...]

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