[pianotech] Memorial day

[Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner]

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> Thanks Ed for your reflections on this Memorial Day. I understand when you
> say "I hate that we need a military", but we must embrace the fact that we
> do need a military.
> I heard someone say, THERE ISN'T A COUNTRY ON EARTH THAT WASN'T FORGED IN
> BLOOD. Our soldiers are there voluntarily to serve and defend to the
> death, our individual freedom we cherish as Americans. Thank you men and
> women of the Armed Forces who have served and died for this greatest
> nation on earth.
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> --- On Mon, 5/31/10, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Memorial day
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 7:07 PM
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> Well said, sir!
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> JF
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> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> wrote:
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> Greetings,
>       It is Memorial Day and  I once again am reminded of the power of
> gratitude.  The more I can empathize with the Union soldier of long ago,
> fighting to preserve America,  as well as the Special-Ops team moving in
> danger on my behalf, right now,  the more I can appreciate what we have in
> this country.  Though I have been in it, and my father, also, I hate that
> we need a military, but am thankful that we have the best one available.
> There is a fiber in this country shown by those that volunteer, and
> America needs to honor them for being willing to serve, lest we find that
> service has lost its honor,(remember Vietnam?the late '60's and 70's were
> kinda rough on vets).
>       There has never been as blessed a group of people as the American
> public, nor as free.  Let us pay homage to those that paid far more than
> any of us, and remember that the true price of our freedom today is most
> accurately measured in flag draped coffins and injured lives that have
> been sent totally sideways.  We can do that best by taking care of our
> vets and our women and men in uniform today, and never taking our dearly
> paid for, incredible, life here in America for granted. 
> Regards,  
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> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
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