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Master and Commander
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Today is "Flag Day". Also the 232 Birthday of the Army. Happy Birthday!!! |
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Senior Crew
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area | Subject: RE: Flag Day/ Happy Birthday
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: Flag Day/ Happy Birthday
One thing I really miss here in the South and that is the parades we had for all occasions around Buffalo, NY. It seemed like every rual fire department had a drum and bugle corp. The VFW and American Legion had theirs also.
You take Memorial Day, Flag Day, Labor Day and a few other days there was always a parade. The local High Schools got into the act too. Drill teams, Shriners with their various side clubs, man it was a blast.
Here in Charleston IF there is a parade, the music comes out of a boom box in a convertible with some old politican wavy at the crowd along with some local TV personalities. IF there is a band it's some jive group jumping up a down and trying to play music and as stated above by Vic, most of the people are just standing there wondering "WTF".
Edited by Ralph Luther 2007-06-14 4:15 PM
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Master and Commander
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Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: Flag Day/ Happy Birthday
Nice post. Having been on the USS Francis Scott Key I had heard it before. But that was a long time ago. It was good to have a refresher course.
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Flag Day/ Happy Birthday
