Honoring Those Who Have Made the Ultimate Sacrifice in the Service of Our Nation

My family has a long history of military service: grandfathers, uncles, father and husband -- ranging from The Great War to the present. I honor and respect our Veterans and their families through shared experiences and continued compassion and prayers.

The lack of understanding by some in the media disturbs me regarding the meaning of Memorial Day vice Veterans Day.

Memorial Day honors those who have fallen in the service of our Nation. Veterans Day honors all Veterans, past and present.

These two links provide an overview of why and how, we celebrate Memorial Day.

Origins: http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html
Observance: http://www.thememorialdaytribute.com/observe-memorial-day.html

Freedom Isn't Free

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That TAPS had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.

Freedom Isn't Free
Kelly Strong

Obama Plans Ad Attack upon the TEA Party

Click HERE for New Yorks Times article.

The White House is considering national advertisements depicting TEA Party members as extremists in an effort to energize its base. This following Obama's remarks to an entirely black coalition this weekend, urging members to "Protect the Change." We hear accusations of racism constantly, yet Obama and his surrogates are always the ones who see -- and USE -- color as a weapon of derision and division.

As a co-founder of Patriots 28560, a TEA Party group, I can attest to having the great privilege of meeting nothing but polite, kind, compassionate and concerned fellow citizens. Always respectful of others and of our great Founders and Founding Documents. And always passionate.

If the White House pursues this stategy, of attack upon The TEA Party and by extension, an attack upon you and I, average citizens who simply want to guarantee the future of our great Nation, if the democratic political machine adopts this orchestrated, negative campaign... then they will be cementing their loss of both Houses of Congress November 2.

Counter to moveon.org SOCIALISM Rally in Wilmington

Monday, March 15 @ 4:00 PM
Intersection of College and Oleander
Wilmington, NC 28403


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How to find us: Look for Moveon.org

At College and Oleander from 4-5:30 Moveon.org is having a Socialism Rally (Senate Health Care bill). We are all going to be driving, and walking by with flags and signs. The local press is dying to show them unopposed for once. Please go around the block a few DOZEN times showing opposition.

We suggest white car window paint (Walmart $3.00).

NO PERMIT IS NEEDED OR THIS EVENT... IT IS A "DRIVE BY" OR "WALK THROUGH" EVENT.

This means we will not be gathering at the intersection, we will be driving or walking through the intersection like any and every other citizen has a right to.

Thanks to Cape Fear Tea Party Patriots for making us aware of this event.

The Kay Hagan Welcoming Committee, March 5, Wilmington

March 5, 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Downtown Wilmington across from the Hilton Wilmington Riverside. Click here for map and directions.

Is Senator Hagan dodging your phone calls? Ignoring your emails and faxes? Join us and let Senator Hagan know we want our constitutional government back! We also demand fiscal responsibility in a free market.

Senator Hagan will be attending an annual spring luncheon at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside Hote. Tea Party protesters will be across the street protesting with signs in hand.

Complete details here from The Cape Fear Tea Party Patriots.

Would you like to spread the word about the Hagan protest? Here's a link to download a full-color brochure that you can print, then share with friends, businesses, and leave for display in order to encourage more Patriots to travel to Wilmington and INSURE that Senator Hagan knows we are here, we are not going away and we ARE holding her accountable for her attacks on our constitution.