Memphis National Cemetary---Placing of American Flags

[lawtchan]

This year is our 3rd year particpating in the placing of American Flags on over 45,000 soldiers graves. Scouts from the Loosahatchie District participate in the annual event..




These are some of the pics from Pack 258..

spencer--my son

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q29/lawspen/DSC00227.jpg

my youngest, hayden...

Pictures are SOLE property of Lawrence Ellis and can be copied, duplicated, posted with permission ONLY.....

 

[Cie]

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[lawtchan]

this is one of my favorites....Jake, just joined our Pack....with his face hidden...it's like....
'unknown' scout placing flag on 'unknown' grave

the boys who participated from the Pack

 

[Morris]

Nice job!! :0074

 

[yyz]

That's some good work!

I hope you also taught the lads what it all meant to be out there.

 

[MadJack]

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[countinguy]

Bless You Guys!!!:toast: :toast:

 

[freelancc]

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[gardenweasel]

those kids are damned lucky to have you....

 

[MadJack]

You're a good guy, Lawrence :toast:

I am happy to know you :0008

 

[lawtchan]

those kids are damned lucky to have you....

thanks for the kind words.....

As I told the parents of our new scouts, the pack provides the tools to help the scouts along their trail towards rank...

sure, the leaders help build character, responsiblity, teamwork, etc....it is also up to the parents to work with their scouts...

SO...NO, I don't/won't do it alone....


It was educational talkiing with the scouts about different graves from soldiers of different wars and their contributions to how we live now....

As I told them before closing....

lawyers didn't give you a right to a fair trial

writers didn't give you a right to free speech

politicians didn't give you the right to free assembly...

VETERANS DID!!!!!

 

[The Joker]

Good man!

 

[Lumi]

I am moved, emotionally I sit here
and watch America, The Story of US
on the History Channel, and they are showing
the Civil War Battles. Which many like to joke about, those are the ones who really don't understand what the war was about, but that's not the subject right now.

The holiday was started after the Civil War

Memorial Day 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, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. 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 (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.

Thank you Lawrence and your Super Troopers for this gesture of kindness and love.

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[dunclock]

awesome my man Lawrence and proud to call you my friend:0074

 

[vinnie]

:thumb:

 

[AR182]

Very nice Lawrence....as Jack said....you are a good guy.

 

[ctownguy]

You're a good guy, Lawrence :toast:

I am happy to know you :0008

I couldn't agree more. Ur a Great Dad:00hour

 

[shawn555]

Good stuff Lawrence.


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