History Memorial Day weekend

Hope everyone has a great weekend and if your traveling be safe, If your having family and friends over for a BBQ have fun, however you choose to celebrate remember to take a moment to thank the men & women that gave their all so we have the freedom to enjoy our way of life.

Fly that flag! HRP

 

Same to you, HRP.

Remembering what the day is for because they earned the right to be remembered is the greatest respect that we can give.

Everyone else, be safe.

 

Silver City Shakedown tomorrow, Sisters for a picnic on Sunday, Helping significant other's parents clean out her great aunts house Monday. Full weekend but will make time to honor those who gave
some as well as those who gave all.

 

The boys in cub scouts so he has duties at the cemetery.

This last year or so life has put me in contact with vets that have daily struggles both mental and physical. We owe them ............
Somehow that gets forgotten

 

Always Do!

 

Danny and all you HAMBers, say a prayer for all those Vets who are not here to celebrate the freedoms that we enjoy. Have a Great and Safe weekend.

 

Our freedom isn’t free

 

Me too

Ben

 

Thanks for all your service for the USA!

 

Thank you HRP for your post. So many gave their all for our freedom. Great to remember while we are celebrating the reason for the holiday.

My father lost his older brother outside of Rome in 1944 right around D day in the “other” European invasion. I wish I had the chance to know him.

 

My now 91 year old Uncle who is a Korean War Veteran a few years ago when we went on Honor Flight Mission 39 to Washington DC.

 

My father was a soldier there in Naples Italy. Right before my mother died I asked her how long did you know dad before you got married. 6 weeks! Over the years and she told the story it seemed like a romance that went on forever. Some crazy shit went on back then. I tell my friends my father was a much better soldier than me .He liberated Italy and got the girl. I went to Vietnam came back hundred and 4 pounds and missing half my teeth.And no girl Anyway I hope you all have a great memorial day. Try not to get any tickets

 

No sir you came back a soldier as much as your father but you gave more.
Thank you for your service

 

My father was in WWII. North Africa against Rommel. then shipped back to US after getting burned on his legs and sent back over to France to follow up the Big Red 1. Was stringing wires for walkie talkies to work. Hated his job but did it anyway. Thanks Dad.

 

Thank you for your kind thoughts

 

I especially think of those I served with in Vietnam who did not make it home.
They all served with honor.
D 1/3 USMC Vietnam, 66&67.

 

Really loving this picture. Should be a poster...

 

Will be thinking of my Uncle , Ronald Rodgers, RAF shot down over Belgium 1943. Also will be at San Diego Auto swap and show where everyone displays flags on their cars and stops what they are doing for the anthem

 

Amen!

 

We fly the Flag 24/7/365. Always lit!! Thank you veterans and current soldiers!! God Bless You!!

 

Very well said HRP.
We all celebrate this weekend in different ways.
It's always been my favorite weekend in motorsports.
It took on a whole new meaning when I lost my 1'st born nephew to war.
My hope is we do all enjoy this weekend but please be aware it came with a cost.

 

Memorial Day is a day for remembering those that died in active service - even today that there efforts being made to recover the remains of servicemen lost in WWII, and other wars

 

You got it!.....

 

We do also. Been up at my house for 30 plus years. Always will be until I am gone.

 

Anybody who has served in the military can have a flag dedicated with there name on it after there passing on Memorial day to our Court of honor here in Red Oak. A town of 5000 people. Weather permitting, 15001 flags up at 6;00 AM and taken down at 4:00 PM. Dedication of new flags is at 10:15. A yearly tradition on Memorial Day started when I was in Cub Scouts and later in Boy Scouts with putting the little flags and the grave markers of service Men and Women.

 

H.A.M.B. friendly war heroes-

Red Byron WW II Vet during the war and he suffered a serious injury to his left leg when his B-24 was shot.
NASCAR's first Modified champion in 1948 and its first Strictly Stock champion in 1949.


Walter "Bud" Moore- NASCAR owner Trans Am Owner
At age 18, with the world at war, Moore, a U.S. Army machine gunner, was front and center in the allies’ push to liberate Europe. He went ashore on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and fought through the remainder of the campaign.
Moore received two Bronze Stars – the first for capturing 15 German soldiers and four officers during the Battle of the Bulge. He was promoted to sergeant and wounded five times before hostilities ended in August 1945.


Smokey Yunick-
Bomber pilot WW II


Cotton Owens- NASCAR driver, owner WW II Navy vet Pacific



Rene Charland- Iwo Jima invader- NASCAR Sportsman National Champion in 1962, 1963 and 1964

 

My two doodlebugs in last years Parade. Birthplace of Nathan Hale, hanged by the British at age 23 for being a spy for George Washington's Continental Army. Hale was the only volunteer that stepped forward when Washington asked. That is his Monument below. We will be entering just the Stars/Stripes bug in this years parade.

 

I never served, my biggest regret in life. Lots of my family did.

One of the best moments in my 40 years of life happened at a baseball game right after the National anthem. As we began to sit back down I was tapped on the shoulder. I turned around to see an older gentlemen with a Vietnam Veterans hat/jacket and he says to me “thanks for teaching your 4 year old son how to stand/cover his heart and say the anthem.”

I said....”no sir, thank you for providing me the chance to do that.”

I’ll never understand the sacrifice all the men and women have made.

THATS WHY I’M THANKFUL!!!


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Thanks to ALL that served and sacrificed to protect our Freedom!

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