Memorial Day Remembrance

[amazing greys]

As we all celebrate this long weekend, let us also remember those we have lost fighting for our Country.................

This is a Rock in Rural Iowa, that a person had such talent to paint, I had to share for this dedication...You may save these pics, when you do, open them up to see the amazing detail!

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Front

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Right side

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Left side

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Another side

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Painted by

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Back

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Thank you to all those who have paid the untimate price for freedom :flower: and for those who are at risk as we speak.

May you all have a wonderful weekend!

[Jean]

Barb, That is amazing, I had not seen it yet. That must of been made by a very dedicated and talented a person. I am sure it will touch many hearts and always be remembered by those that see it. Thank you, for sharing it.


May we remember all those that have died, been wounded, fought for our country. They are truly our hero's.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/jeanaskins/graphics/memorial-day-tribute.jpg

[Shirley]

Barb, that is a wonderful painting! Thank you for posting it!

This is my father, Revis M. Cross, of Pulaski, Tennessee. This was taken in the summer of 1999 and he passed away very suddenly 10/31/99.

He was showing one of the ships he served on in the Navy during WW II, and also that he could still fit into his Boy Scout Master uniform from 30+ yrs ago!

In the Navy, he was a Signalman, First Class, and served six years of WW II, discharging in 1946, when he married my mother, who was from NYC!

He never stopped telling the stories of his Service years... I only wish he were here now to tell them, when Trevor and the rest of us could appreciate them!

http://www.shirleymorgan.com/sjm/RMC-USS-Tuscaloosa.jpg

[amazing greys]

Thank you Shirley for posting a pic of your father. I'm sure you are very proud of him, as we are for his contributions to our fine country.


Glad you liked the painting of the rock, I was captivated by it. Expecially the front where the guy looks like he's coming out of the ground, and the flag that looks so real draped over the rock!

I thought they would turn up bigger on here, but they didn't. If someone saved them, and they still didn't turn out that big, you can send me a pm and I can email them to you if you want them.

[Jean]

Shirley, that is a nice picture of your father showing his picture of dedication to our country.

Thanks, for sharing it!

[Shirley]

Thank you Shirley for posting a pic of your father. I'm sure you are very proud of him, as we are for his contributions to our fine country.


Glad you liked the painting of the rock, I was captivated by it. Expecially the front where the guy looks like he's coming out of the ground, and the flag that looks so real draped over the rock!

I thought they would turn up bigger on here, but they didn't. If someone saved them, and they still didn't turn out that big, you can send me a pm and I can email them to you if you want them.

I'd love to see them larger! I love that painting, Barb!

[Shirley]

Shirley, that is a nice picture of your father showing his picture of dedication to our country.

Thanks, for sharing it!

Thank you so much, Jean. He passed away two years prior to 9/11/01. It was that event that finally got my attention and filled me with questions for my father, and the longing to hear his stories... to finally LISTEN to his stories... and I was two years too late. Now I know how sad he must have felt when his kids were bored of his stories and didn't want to hear them yet again.

Our mother predeceased him in 1980... so listen to your parents' stories, everyone...

And thanks, Jean! :heart:

~ Shirley

[Jean]

Thank you so much, Jean. He passed away two years prior to 9/11/01. It was that event that finally got my attention and filled me with questions for my father, and the longing to hear his stories... to finally LISTEN to his stories... and I was two years too late. Now I know how sad he must have felt when his kids were bored of his stories and didn't want to hear them yet again.

Our mother predeceased him in 1980... so listen to your parents' stories, everyone...

And thanks, Jean! :heart:

~ Shirley

How truly said ! :thumbup: :heart: I am sorry you lost him, that is to often the case. :tighthug:

My father spent 20 years in the military. He retired as a Staff Sargent in the army. I only wish I was not so young when he passed away. He left when I was 19 and not interested in listening to his military experiences. Later in life is when I wished I could ask him questions about his experiences.

I do have a copy of an ongoing day to day letter from my grandmothers uncle that I cherish, it defines his WW1 war time experiences and how they lived in the battlefield.

I come from a long line of military people. My grandfather, my great uncle, my father all served in the US army, my cousin in the air force , my husband who served in the US army national guard. :heart:

Sad to say, all my fathers and husbands military memorabilia was stolen several years ago when we had a burglary to our garage while on vacation.

[Shirley]

OMG Jean... I'm so sorry about the burglary... now I have some questions and perhaps some ending on some things the next time we talk...

... as my mother always insisted my father remarry, and he did. But now she, his 2nd wife, won't release his military medals, original signaling flags, that framed drawing with all the signatures to my brother, to whom my father left all those things to *verbally*. We are not the kind of people to cause more hard feelings... so we are saying bygones are bygones. And while she is very friendly with us, she is and has always been very selfish and very, very paranoid. But, to lose it to theft... there's a perspective. We have our fathers to be grateful for though, don't we. :heart:

[Jean]

That is truly a shame. I often wonder why in the world someone would want to keep memorabilia that have such a heartfelt connection from their spouses children. I just don't get it! :confused: I am sorry for your brother. At least you all have his memories. :heart: She could easily make a photo copy of all his framed drawing and take pics of his metals and pass the original on to him. That way she could look at them any time she felt the need. Leaving your brother that much of his fathers military legacy.

[Shirley]

She's put them all in fancy frames, sent us these rather tantalizing pics, and that's it. We last saw her 2-1/2 yrs ago in St. Louis. No, we didn't touch our father's things, but sometimes I think we should have. I know what he said, but she never allowed him to write anything down for any of us. I don't care if it all burns up, but to keep it like that is so selfish. Our mother was married to him for 34 yrs, and they were a very devoted couple... she passed away at 59 to cancer. He was devastated.

[Shirley]

Also, while I realize this appears to be getting very off topic, it's every military holiday and parade that brings all the waves of feelings back to me more than the anniversary of his passing. His 6 short yrs in the Navy, all of WW II, so defined him.That, plus his religious strength.

[Jean]

I believe going to war brings those that slip away closer to their religious beliefs. It is the inner strength one can draw from in trying times.

[Shirley]

:agree: and my mom, too. And they never let go of it. They had a great thing.