photosensitive
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posted on May 28, 2006 07:05:05 AM new
I am not going to wish you happy Memorial Day as it approaches. That does not seem appropriate when you consider what the day is really for. At this time in our nation's history it seems particularly ironic that it has become a "start of Summer", "big sales", "day off from work" day. I am very fortunate that everyone I have loved who has gone to war has come back but I know that is not true for some of you. You are in my thoughts during this period.
In the image above a little girl places a flag on a grave at Arlington National Cemetery. It is from a stereo card by J.F. Jarvis in our collection and dates from the late 19th or early 20th century.
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The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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pmelcher
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posted on May 28, 2006 11:00:34 AM new
What a wonderful image, I too am fortunate that all my loved ones returned and my heart aches for those who lost their loved ones. Thank you for the post.
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fenix03
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posted on May 28, 2006 12:10:03 PM new
I've only lost one member of my family to war but he is someone I never met. My paternal grandfather was killed in Italy in WWII.
Seems so strange to mourn a man I never knew.
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People put their hand on the bible, and swear to uphold the constitution. They do not put their hand on the constitution, and swear to uphold the bible.
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amber
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posted on May 28, 2006 12:43:34 PM new
I lost an uncle in WW11. My father was a prisoner of war for 5 years, and I was almost 4 when he came home. We all suffered until the day he died from the results of his torture, and our bad relationship beginning.
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photosensitive
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posted on May 28, 2006 01:05:37 PM new
Fenix, I wonder if your family dynamics were changed in ways you will never know by his loss?
Amber, I know what you mean. My father in law never recovered physically or emotionally from the terrible things that happened to him in WW II. I know it affected his family and still is long after his death.
I also feel a personal loss at every name I see scroll by on the nightly news about the current war.
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The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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fenix03
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posted on May 28, 2006 02:20:15 PM new
Photo - I have no doubt that my family dynamics were changed dramatically by his death. His mother would not have relocated to another state, he never would have met my mother and I would not be here.
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People put their hand on the bible, and swear to uphold the constitution. They do not put their hand on the constitution, and swear to uphold the bible.
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profe51
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posted on May 28, 2006 03:14:17 PM new
You mean he never would have met your grandmother, right? Of course, if he hadn't met your grandmother, he wouldn't have met your mother either, so I guess it makes sense the way you have it...never mind.
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Now We Know... Uninformed People Elect Uninformed Presidents
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fenix03
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posted on May 28, 2006 03:40:50 PM new
I did make that confusing didn't I. I meant that my fathers mother would not have relocated them and my father would have never met my mother.
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People put their hand on the bible, and swear to uphold the constitution. They do not put their hand on the constitution, and swear to uphold the bible.
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irked
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posted on May 28, 2006 06:31:28 PM new
I too am / was lucky, my Father a POW was in the Batten Death March which contributed to his early death in the 1960's.
Bless all who have lost loved ones.
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Some minds are like concrete,
thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
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photosensitive
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posted on May 29, 2006 09:37:33 AM new
Fenix, your "what if" speculation sounds like the plot for a SciFi story about time travel. Go back in time and change one thing and the whole future changes. It is possible that the whole world would be different.
This day must be poignant for everyone who has a special service person to remember but especially for the young families and parents of the most recently lost.
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The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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tOMWiii
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posted on May 29, 2006 09:40:34 AM new
irked:
Have you read a book called: "Ghost Soldiers?"
Don't miss it!
Got stuff? PLEASE join RALPHIE & ME in some AUCTIONS for our favorite NON-PROFIT~Thank You!
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irked
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posted on May 29, 2006 09:48:28 AM new
Thanks Tom will look for a copy and read it.
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Some minds are like concrete,
thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
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pixiamom
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posted on May 29, 2006 08:01:43 PM new
A special "God Bless"to families with sons and daughters currently in war. May they return soon and may you say for years to come "I have never personally lost anyone in war".
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