– your silent tents of green
we deck with fragrant flowers
yours has the suffering been,
the memory shall be ours.
– henry wadsworth longfellow
—
arlington national cemetery
Nov11
silent.
I didn't have my glasses on….
A trip through life with fingers crossed and eternal optimism.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
a blessed Veterans’ Day to all. thank you Veterans for your service and sacrifice
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here’s to them
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My hat is off to our veterans. Thank you. And thanks for your salute, Beth.
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yes, to all of them. my pleasure
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My respect and thanks to them all.
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Absolutely
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That is SO beautiful! It’s amazing how so little words can say so much!
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it is the ending of his poem, but i thought it said so much –
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❤
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A beautiful tribute
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❤
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Lest we forget.
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yes –
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I see that the poem was “Decoration Day”:
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/a-memorial-day-poem-by-longfellow-from-the-atlantic-june-1882/239636/
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yes, these are the final lines of that poem –
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