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The first thing I see when I look out my window is my flag pole and the flag of the United States of America blowing in the breeze. Often, I will sit and gaze at the flag - great focus for thinking. I am keeping this blog as a journal for myself. The

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Title:	Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Posted On:	July 4, 2010, 10:32 AM
Listing Detail	The Signers of the Declaration of Independence Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carrol Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Thomas Lynch, Arthur Middleton Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton Click on the links to read their stories.

Title:	Stephen Hopkins ~ Founder and Patriot
Posted On:	July 4, 2010, 10:19 AM
Listing Detail	Stephen Hopkins 1707 - 1785 Representative of Rhode Island to the Continental Congress Signer of the Declaration of Independence Stephen Hopkins, like so many of the founders, was a self-educated man who served his community and his nation in any way possible. He served in many positions locally, in the Rhode Island Colonial Assemby, was elected as the Governor of Rhode Island nine times, was the first Chancellor of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (now known as Brown University), a member of the Continental Congress and the person who put together the first American Navy. He was a early critic of Britian and advocate for Independence. He freed his slaves and tried to prohibit slavery from the colonies. In 1774, he introduced a bill that prohibited the importation of slaves into the colony of Rhode Island, and this became one of the first anti-slavery laws in the new United States. A sufferer of cerebral palsey, his signature appeared trembling when he signed the Declaration of Independence. "My hand trembles, my heart does not," he said at the signing. Stephen Hopkins House His home in Providence, Rhode Island still stands and is on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned by the The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

Title:	The Changing of the Guard ~ The Final Walk
Posted On:	June 30, 2010, 12:30 PM
Listing Detail	The Final Walk of the Sergeant of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Sgt. 1st Class Alfred Lanier, Sergeant of the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, lays a rose at the Tomb in remembrance of his final walk on June 25. Sentinels lay roses signifying leaving the Tomb, and the love they have for the job and the Unknown Thank you for your service. ative for sharing this story --- http://ci-report.blogspot.com/

Title:	June 14 ~ Flag Day
Posted On:	June 14, 2010, 10:13 AM
Listing Detail	Flag Day ~ June 14 O'er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave Fort McHenry The sight that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem The Star-Spangled Banner Iwo Jima - Marine Memorial The Flag at Arlington House Arlington National Cemetery The Flag at the National Archives The 50 Flags of the States Washinton Monument Fredricksburg National Cemetery The Flag at the Stonewall Jackson Shrine The site where he died. Flag at Petersen Gardens in Oregon Mr. Petersen scoured the desert for rocks and glass and built some incredible stuctures from them. This flag has 48 stars. World War II Memorial Flag at Fort Meade Parade Grounds Flag at Vietnam War Memorial Pueblo, Colorado Flag at the Painted Hills John Day National Monument Flag at Home Summer and Winter Photos from my personal collection and travels

Title:	Arlington National Cemetery ~ Chaos and Sorrow
Posted On:	June 13, 2010, 14:50 PM
Listing Detail	For anyone who has ever been to Arlington National Cemetery, there is a majesty and a sense of walking through legend that you can not capture with a camera. Most people hop the bus, ride to the 'key points', reflect a bit on those neat guys at the Tomb of the Unknowns, the big house on the hill - the Lee House, and the eternal flame on the Kennedy shrine. A few of us actually walk the roads. We see areas of the Cemetery that are rarely seen. We see the numerous plaques and monuments that are constructed through out the Cemetery - like this POW plaque - that commemorate so many aspects of our history. We start to feel the numbers of graves... the numbers of men and women who have served our country honorably. And, it doesn't take long before you realize that most who are buried here lived long and productive lives. Those who have fallen in battle are a smaller number, but a number that strikes your heart with profound sorrow and pride, and, for this American, deep gratitude. Wisely, they are buried together. The last time I was there, they pointed out the section that held the fallen from Vietnam. That was new - the mentioning that is. As the years have faded the remembrances of Vietnam, we can now speak of it. I never stopped thinking about or remembering Vietnam and I knew where the section was. It is a section that I visit each time I go there, for I have someone there. I have been the weepy person standing there. Now it has been discovered that Arlington National Cemetery has been stricken with shame caused by careless errors. A shame that occurs at every cemetery - whether it is military, public or private. It is caused by carelessness, illiteracy and an attitude of disdain towards both the living and the dead. It happens all of the time and it happens everywhere. It should NEVER happen anywhere. But, it does. The worst part is, short of disinterring each casket and testing the DNA, when do you call it resolved? For cremains, there is no testing. The only path to resolution is to trust those who have proven themselves unworthy. While Arlington was burying people in the wrong places and tossing urns of cremains into the fill dirt, people were trusting that care was being given to each casket and urn. Lovely people were comforting the family and securing the trust. I believe that they were as naive as the rest of us. I believe that nothing nefarious was going on behind the scenes. I believe that lax attitudes create chaos and it merged into the perfect storm in Arlington. Arlington National Cemetery is not the largest of our military cemeteries, but it is the best known. It is the shining star. It is the home of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers and the Old Guard - what can be more honorable that that? It is the place we think of when a military burial occurs. It is a place we all believed in. I have been subjected to a 'misplaced' burial and a 'misplaced' headstone of a family member. To this day, I have no way of knowing if it was correctly resolved --- I had to trust the untrustworthy. As families are worrying and calling to get an answer, knowing that each call brings yet another answer, often conflicting with the last, the pain that sets in is overwhelming. I felt it again, all these years later, just reading about this. My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends who are trying so hard to find resolution. I pray that they get the resolution they are entitled to. For the people who are annoyed that I pointed out that it happens everywhere - the day you think that a fallen soldier or old vet is ranked by which cemetery he is buried in, we have truly lost our ethos - our fundamental values and concerns for one another. You can find military headstones in every cemetery in this country and in many foreign countries. I will never try to judge the young widow standing over a grave in Spokane or a mother standing over a grave in Idaho as being less in pain than those standing in Arlington. I am grateful to each of them - those who fell while serving and those who lived a long life after serving - where ever they are buried. My concern is that we consistently bury them with the honor they deserve.

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