Memorial Day 2024 -- May 27, 2024

On Memorial Day it is fitting and proper to remember the men and women who gave their lives, who continue to give their lives, to give us the country we deserve.

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter the words, but to live by them." -- John F. Kennedy

 
I took this photo on 14-December-2007 at the National Cemetery in the Presidio.

Memorial Day 2022 -- May 30, 2022

On Memorial Day it is fitting and proper to remember the men and women who gave their lives, who continue to give their lives, to give us the country we deserve.

"I look forward to a great future for America, a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past, and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future." -- John F. Kennedy

I took this photo on 14-December-2007 at the National Cemetery in the Presidio.

Memorial Day, 2017 -- May 29, 2017

On Memorial Day it is fitting and proper to remember the men and women who gave their lives, who continue to give their lives, to give us the country we deserve.

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it” — Mark Twain

I took this photo on 14-December-2007 at the National Cemetery in the Presidio.

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Happy 100th birthday to President John F Kennedy.  He was a World War II veteran, who had served on PT boats in the Pacific Theater.  He loved boats.  One of my earliest memories is of my mother crying while watching his funeral on television.  When I grew up, many homes that I visited had a photo of him hanging on a wall.  Later reports indicated that he was not always a nice person, but he deserved to live and watch his family grow up.  Many people see his murder as the beginning of a very bad decade. 

Working America

Happy Presidents' Day #6 -- February 17, 2014

Thank you to Working America. 

John F Kennedy 50 Years -- November 22, 2013

50 years ago today, President John F Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas.  He was a World War II veteran, who had served on PT boats in the Pacific Theater.  He loved boats.  One of my earliest memories is of my mother crying while watching his funeral on television.  When I grew up, many homes that I visited had a photo of him hanging on a wall.  Later reports indicated that he was not always a nice person, but he deserved to live and watch his family grow up.  Many people see his murder as the beginning of a very bad decade.