Sunday, May 25, 2014

CHUCK KOLB 05/25/2014

OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING - MAY 16, 2014
http://www.operationamericanspring.org/
http://calltoaction.oas2014.com/
http://www.oas2014.com/
http://www.YLN.tv

PLACING FLAGS at ARLINGTON !!!



Previously posted ...
MILITARY SEIZES POWER IN BLOODLESS COUP - too bad it's not here !!!
http://conpats.blogspot.com/2014/05/chuck-kolb-05242014.html



Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and
that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the
same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:10 KJV



PLACING FLAGS at ARLINGTON !!!





Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day
is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. Over two dozen cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it’s difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle. On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every state on the last Monday in May with Congressional passage of the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 – 363). This helped ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays, though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19th in Texas; April 26th in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10th in South Carolina; and June 3rd (Jefferson Davis’ birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee. [...]

http://www.usmemorialday.org/?page_id=2

Columbia STS-107 astronauts at Arlington ...
Today we remember and commemorate the undaunted courage of seven true
heroes for our time, and for all times, our Columbia STS-107 astronauts.

Remarks by the Honorable Sean O'Keefe
NASA Administrator - STS-107 Crew Memorial Ceremony
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia
February 2, 2004 - Today we remember and commemorate the undaunted courage of seven true heroes for our time, and for all times, our Columbia STS-107 astronauts. This setting, Arlington National Cemetery, is a special place for many reasons. To be certain it honors men and women who have performed extraordinary acts of bravery on the field of battle. Buried at Arlington are veterans who served the cause of freedom in every conflict from the Revolutionary War to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Arlington National Cemetery also provides a final resting place for great heroes who changed the course of history by blazing new trails of exploration and discovery. Among those honored at Arlington are such legends of exploration as John Wesley Powell, the first man to explore the Grand Canyon, Admiral Richard Byrd, the first to fly over both poles, and the discoverers of the North Pole, Robert E. Peary and Matthew Hensen. Resting here at Arlington is also the President who boldly set our course to the stars, John F. Kennedy. From the Kennedy gravesite one can gaze across the river toward our citadels of democracy and recall those stirring last words from his inaugural address, "Whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own." The hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery honors many NASA astronauts who took up the President's call to lead our way into the new frontier of space, including members of the Apollo One, Challenger and Columbia crews.
Of course, wherever our astronauts are laid to rest is special ground. [...]
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/shuttle-columbia-memorial-dedicated-020304.htm


Exclusive vid -
Memorial Day flags placed at Arlington National Cemetery graves ...
U.S. soldiers carry on the annual tradition of placing American flags in front of every service member's gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Vanessa Johnston reports. Video provided by Reuters Newslook ...
Each year for the past 40 years, the 3rd U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard) has honored America's fallen heroes by placing American flags before the gravestones and niches of service members buried at both Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldier's and Airmen's Home National Cemetery just prior to Memorial Day weekend.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Events/Ceremonies/FlagsIn.aspx
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Default.aspx
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil

past post - May 22, 2009
Arlington ‘Flags In’ Tribute Begins Memorial Day Commemoration
by Donna Miles - American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – More than 3,000 servicemembers officially kicked off the Memorial Day commemoration last evening as they placed more than 250,000 miniature flags at every grave at Arlington National Cemetery. Airman Jacob Proffer, a member of the Air Force Honor Guard, pauses to salute a grave after placing a miniature flag at its base during the “Flags In” tribute at Arlington National Cemetery, May 21, 2009. “When I do this, it makes me take a lot more pride every time I put on my uniform, seeing the measure of sacrifice so many have made,” he said. The tradition, known as “Flags In,” dates back to 1948, when soldiers of 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” began the annual Memorial Day tribute.
This year marked the sixth year company-size elements of sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen joined about 3,000 soldiers in placing a U.S. flag at the base of the gravestone and columbarium niche of every servicemember buried or inurned at Arlington.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=54462

past post - May 24, 2013
'Old Guard' Soldiers honor fallen with flags at Arlington graves
by Army News Service  
WASHINGTON - Army News Service -- A sea of tiny American flags flutters gently in the breeze now at Arlington National Cemetery. The flags were placed at gravesites, May 23, in tribute to the service and sacrifice of the nation's fallen service members who rest there. In advance of Memorial Day, Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) carefully placed the flags by hand, one by one, in front of each of the gravestones at the cemetery. "I think every Soldier you will talk to, especially the Old Guard alumni, [say] that for them, Flags In is one of the most meaningful things that Old Guard Soldiers get to take a part in," said Maj. John Miller, spokesman for the Old Guard. "It's just overwhelming that you can go out and be amongst all these warriors that have gone before you and you can honor their legacy by just a single token of putting a flag at their gravesite and giving them a hand salute." The Flags In event is an old tradition at the cemetery, Miller said. "Flags In is a tradition that the Old Guard has carried on now for over 40 years -- though nobody has an exact date," he said. The tradition actually dates back much further even -- there was a break in the tradition for a while. But it was revived by the Old Guard after World War II. "It dates back to the Grand Army of the Republic in 1868, whenever they began the holiday inside Arlington by honoring all the Union Soldiers that had fallen during the Civil War," Miller said. "They began placing flags on tombstones for Memorial Day." About 1,200 Old Guard Soldiers participated in the event this year, and about 220,000 graves received a flag, as did memorial markers and rows of urns at the cemetery's columbarium. Miller said the Soldiers were able to accomplish the task in about four hours -- beginning after the last full-honors funeral ended at the cemetery. That means, for the graves alone, a Soldier placed a flag every 80 seconds. The major said that Soldiers do a row of gravestones by putting their toe against the center of the stone, and then placing the flag at their heel. In that way, every row has the flags placed equidistant from the stone, giving a uniform appearance. Uniformity and perfection is something that the Old Guard prides itself on, Miller said. [...]

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