Canton MA Boy Scouts carry huge American Flag during town's #MemorialDay Parade. #fox25 pic.twitter.com/A8zjowjImI
— Capturegirl (@jenyp) May 25, 2015
Continuing today: Volunteers honoring fallen troops at @ArlingtonNatl Cemetery: http://t.co/pwT0Qug55t @cjlinSS pic.twitter.com/kQffgWdU9y
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) May 25, 2015
Boy Scouts decorate Veterans' graves for Memorial Day http://t.co/VwyTVYSR39 via @600ortiz pic.twitter.com/dSGYKOtnTq
— Veterans Affairs (@DeptVetAffairs) May 24, 2015
The @boyscouts place flags at graves in Jefferson Barracks Nat. Cemetary honoring those who have served. @FOX2now pic.twitter.com/u0OPY0uEnk
— Randi Naughton (@RandiNaughton) May 25, 2015
PHOTOS: Hawaii @Boyscouts honor fallen at National Cemetery of the Pacific http://t.co/UUTL5DuQsX pic.twitter.com/ovcIvHtd5G
— Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) May 25, 2015
#PHOTOS: @BoyScouts honoring fallen troops at @ArlingtonNatl Cemetery for #MemorialDay: http://t.co/72mnsLaf9l pic.twitter.com/D2qWFyvXfX
— C.J. Lin (@cjlinSS) May 24, 2015
Scouts prepare veteran grave sites for Memorial Day http://t.co/6sLbEq8SW3 #808news pic.twitter.com/cpZekQtWP3
— khon2 News (@KHONnews) May 25, 2015
PHOTOS: Bethlehem Township boy scouts recognize Memorial Day. http://t.co/YmAYl5Zxdh #MemorialDay @lehighvalley pic.twitter.com/yL5CtMLjWI
— Matt Smith (@msmith_photo) May 24, 2015
Photos: Scouts placed thousands of flags in cemeteries to honor veterans for Memorial Day. http://t.co/tQ15A35raP pic.twitter.com/Y1VPw3SoxF
— Coloradoan (@coloradoan) May 24, 2015
Bethlehem Township boy scouts recognize Memorial Day 2015 (PHOTOS) http://t.co/3mmtDfmNJI pic.twitter.com/YaJObrc4nU
— lehighvalleylive.com (@lehighvalley) May 24, 2015
These boy scouts will place more than 5,200 flags on veterans graves for Memorial Day. #ROC @News_8 pic.twitter.com/PW0FpvwrzY
— Allison Norlian (@AllisonNorlian) May 21, 2015
Boy Scouts read the names on every tombstone out loud as they lay a rose. @wusa9 @ArlingtonNatl #MemorialDayWknd pic.twitter.com/UBPNdhrD7f
— Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) May 24, 2015
4500 Leaders and Scouts here to pay tribute. Memorial Day weekend. Proud to be an American! #moleg pic.twitter.com/VNGY1cdMpl
— Rob Vescovo (@RobVescovo) May 24, 2015
Memorial Day flag retirement and walk with the cub scouts pic.twitter.com/JNNLn8lCtE
— Keith (@ktgeek) May 25, 2015
Boy Scouts helping with lowering flag to half mast for Memorial Day. Also retiring our old flag. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/CdeyQIs0xi
— Tim Capps (@timpcapps) May 25, 2015
And some individual remembrances:
Remembering Sgt Rafael Peralta who died in the Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004 @jaketapper #MemorialDay2015 pic.twitter.com/44MW7acQgo
— Matthew Bowdish MD (@MatthewBowdish) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Lance Cpl. Jesse Tillery, 19 of Vesper, WI...12/2/2006 #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/Lx3RakCgYr
— Gabe Stoltz (@Stoltzy3) May 24, 2015
Lt Col David S Greene 07/28/04 @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/DPjt7SxUMu
— S Fowler (@cdzshelby27) May 24, 2015
My classmate and brother...CPT Chris Kenny KIA 2004 Iraq @jaketapper #MemorialDay2015 pic.twitter.com/7o0ZXJaeT8
— Mike Kepner (@kepner_mike) May 24, 2015
My father SSG Stephen G Martin.
KIA 1 July 2004.
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
cc: @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/psZ1ABgk0F
— Seth G Martin (@SethGMartin) May 24, 2015
— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Pfc Nicholas A Madaras 09/03/06 pic.twitter.com/6QflNuWgQm
— S Fowler (@cdzshelby27) May 24, 2015
Charles W. Bachman Jr., died in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, 10/2/69, aged 20. #MemorialDay @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/37KVPNDqx0
— Lilac Sunday (@LilacSundayBlog) May 24, 2015
My uncle, Pfc. Robert Lewis Jones, 101st Airborne. KIA 1968 in Vietnam. Age 22. @jaketapper http://t.co/O2MI4wFiGX pic.twitter.com/e6uDiQ8PeL
— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Please remember Cpl. Victor Paliotti, executed by the Japanese,Mukden POW camp July 31, 1943. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/rcBZG3njjy
— Shields High! (@hopheadblues) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper U.S. Army Pvt. Heinrich "Henry" Christen died Oct. 21, 1918 in Meuse-Argonne Offensive. pic.twitter.com/Cn4qvAup5a
— Andrea (@andreanruth) May 24, 2015
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, killed August 5 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/h0hndayy9G
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
Honoring LCPL Colin Wolfe, son of friend Mark Wolfe & his wife Amy of Manassas VA. #MemorialDayWeekend @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/OrGOIn5cxz
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) May 24, 2015
MSGT Steven Adams. Wore his POW bracelet. POW 1966. Declared KIA 1973. Body never recovered.@jaketapper #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/SjjWSULvig
— PatRx (@PatRx) May 24, 2015
Marine Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., killed in Chonghyon, Korea, 5 November 1950.
#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/OQQCDF6bqk
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Plz remember an extraordinary American 2nd LT Mark Daily. 1stCav Division. KIA by IED at age 23 in Mosul pic.twitter.com/Im30CwZN9G
— Global Bearings (@Global_Bearings) May 24, 2015
My Grandpa, Curtis R. Davis Jr. Bronze Star in Vietnam; died of cancer 2007. (AgentOrange) #MemorialDay @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/eLFNZxdEh2
— Heather (@TheHoosierMommy) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Remembering Col. Lewis Wright III, Korea,Vietnam, 101st Airborne, Bronze Star, Dist.Flying Cross pic.twitter.com/4JlL1bui3N
— Ms. Wright (@msonemic) May 24, 2015
Brooklyn Marine was only 15 when he was killed in Vietnam
http://t.co/YgctpEHOV1
#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/2dj1darKO3
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper My great uncle. Bombardier in a B-17. Shot down in France. 19 years old. pic.twitter.com/neENZibgu5
— David Eades (@dvdleades) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper My Grandfather. UNC Class of '34. US Army. KIA Nancy, France 10/1944. Day after Dad's 1st birthday. pic.twitter.com/SCkLeUoTzb
— Zach Collett (@Zee_DubuC) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Remembering PFC Henry Lee'Trey'Prather, III born 1947. Preceded Terry Bradshaw (WHS) died 1968 Quang Nam. pic.twitter.com/3oSYgsvAdU
— jerie shirley black (@jerieblack) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Please remember a friend KIA in Somalia. RIP Bobby. #MemorialDay2015 pic.twitter.com/aNFVjXMPZs
— Jeff Lindsay (@realconservativ) May 24, 2015
.@jaketapper My Uncle, Army SGT Richard Alan Bowers, KIA Kham Duc, Vietnam 5/12/68. He was 21. #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/ldlTr0Q14F
— Denise Russell (@DRussell76) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper @USMC Marine LCpl. Trevor D. Aston
Died February 22, 2005 During Operation Iraqi Freedom #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/6yPZgR2O19
— Ken Graham (@GrahamLive) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Please remember U.S. Army Spc. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, killed in Iraq in 2007. #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/zQPpgiq9mQ
— Jon Perr (@Perrspectives) May 24, 2015
"As we express gratitude we must never forget the sacrifices made for our freedom."
My dad, WWII Warrior!
@jaketapper pic.twitter.com/nvKIsbdIC0
— Al Colvin (@algcolvin) May 24, 2015
2LT James Calhoun, Tuskegee Airman, shot down Sept. 8, 1944 in mission over Yugoslavia
#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/255vHcgscW
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper In Memory of USAF pilot LTC Gary W. Ducote -his son misses him every day , Desert Storm veteran pls share pic.twitter.com/7t6HsFPBdP
— HOMEFRONT HUGS USA (@HomefrontHugs) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper My Grandfather. pic.twitter.com/OFTqMxs1LZ
— DanStlMo (@DanStlMo) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper US Army LtColonel Tom Wren
Killed 5 Nov 2005
Best friend you could ever ask for pic.twitter.com/ZiuRsQoo7H
— Coco Pazzo (@CocoPazzo) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Army 1Lt Carl L. Radtke killed by night mortar attack, Kien Hoa, Vietnam 03-02-1969 pic.twitter.com/8q55OZq0yK
— ❤️Remember❤️ (@MEschRadtke) May 24, 2015
Capt. Scott Speicher, my high school classmate & first US casualty of the Persian Gulf War, KIA 1/17/91 @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/IxWQVl4GKY
— Margot Fosnes (@margotfos) May 24, 2015
My uncle Lee was in the Navy & served in Vietnam. #MemorialDay @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/bdgWEYUUrd
— Bobbi Jo Rohrberg (@BobbiJoR) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper My great uncle Donnie Dillard, KIA in Korea. pic.twitter.com/aAp7zx99yg
— Randy Cox (@randythepastor) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Robert Taylor McDavid. 3rd ID. My brother in law. KIA March 10, 2008. OIF. #neverforget pic.twitter.com/ZOnYY0vWx1
— Spence Baker (@swbaker324) May 24, 2015
Mr. C... WWII pilot and Mrs. C... 1944 National Champ cc: @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/QE816dU5AY
— Sally Canfield (@TheLifeofSally) May 24, 2015
.@jaketapper My grandfather who fought in Germany, France, and Belgium during #WWII #MemorialDay #realhero pic.twitter.com/WoItwAGtl3
— Lisa Renze-Rhodes (@LisaRenze) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper #MemorialDay God bless my uncle, Larry Powers, a hero of the #WWII #greatestgeneration who has passed. pic.twitter.com/WuZzWAAUty
— Lawrence Powers (@LarryPowersEsq) May 24, 2015
My grandfather Harry Schumann fought in World War Two @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/rNeP7iz4j4
— James Schumann (@jtschumann) May 24, 2015
My Battle Buddy at Ordnance Officer Basic Course, Class 1-2000. A great friend, taken too soon.... @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/F9gbcTZ7XI
— Taxes You Pay (@TaxesYouPay) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper ..Pvt. Joseph N Davi..Classmate 64' Vietnam..DC Memorial pic.twitter.com/qhjv9y8Iys
— John LaCross (@jlax_13) May 24, 2015
Very moving and solemn remembrances. Then, on the other end of the Memorial Day observance spectrum, Obama eats ice cream....
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting Moira.