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[terp]

*hugs* Mel - thanks for the thought!

Are you going to National Deaf Conf this year??

*hugs* GPers

[MelodyB]

I dont know...where is it at?

[*~Trina~*]

*hugs* GP!!!

[Sis]

Hugs the Alamo. I shall remember it now that I've seen it. Wish I wouldn't have touched the cactus, though.

*Hugs* Sis and wonders if she was as surprised at the location and size of the Alamo as I was.   

Hugs Sister Mom and Newsman. I had always heard there wasn't much left of the mission, so I wasn't surprised. But I was surprised the grounds were bigger than I thought. I was really surprised when a cactus bit me. I saw the big spines, so I touched it between them but it also had tiny ones. Got one in my finger that I couldn't get out. Wish I had some gum at the time. LOL

Newsman, been to those places, too. Went to Kennedy's tomb. It was strangely quiet with so many people around.

[RainbowJingles]

   Standing on the field at Gettusburg was also beyond neat..I walked out onto the battlefield before sunset and looked up at the area the Confederates saw as they charged into the area known as the 'high water mark' of the Confederacy.. quite memorable.

   Probably the one place of the limited number I've seen that surpassed the Alamo inner room(s) for solemness would have been at Arlington, particularly at the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.


John

Hugs the Alamo. I shall remember it now that I've seen it. Wish I wouldn't have touched the cactus, though.

When you mentioned this, it reminded me of some pics I found when I was at Dad's over Christmas.  Here they are:
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John at Gettysburg (was this Little Big Horn?)
Jan, 2002 (or was it Dec, 2001?)


The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on a snowy day in January  2003


Elona and John at the Lincoln Memorial

[MelodyB]

Those are good!

[RainbowJingles]

Those might be good, but those are OLD!  He needs to come to San Francisco and visit Alcatraz now!

[B]

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on a snowy day in January  2003

This is awesome. Did you watch the changing of the guard? The whole Arlington experience is rather somber and humbling. It has a tendency to open eyes to the real reasons we have what we have in this country.

B

[RainbowJingles]

Yes, we did.  John and Deb (luvs2travel) and I were there for the whole thing.  It was freezing, but it was well worth it.  I used to live near DC, and my family would go almost every summer, and even when I was younger, I remember being fascinated by the somber feeling that the ceremony invoked.

Did you know:
The remains of the Vietnam Unknown were exhumed May 14, 1998. Based on mitochondrial DNA testing, DoD scientists identified the remains as those of Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie, who was shot down near An Loc, Vietnam, in 1972. It has been decided that the crypt that contained the remains of the Vietnam Unknown will remain vacant.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/tomb_of_the_unknowns.html

[sunlight]

* sunlight hugs someone who needs it

* sunlight hugs someone who helped her

* sunlight hugs the same someone for caring and sharing

* sunlight hugs secrets and smiles... dude! i'm pretty excited right now!

* sunlight hugs her pillow and goes to sleep smiling for the first time in a week

[SippinTea]

*Hugs* Chel.... really, really tight

*Hugs* secrets... but only good secrets 

*Hugs* clean laundry (don't ask!) 

[EricShane]

*hugs my chiropractor*

[Gingerale]

*hugs* ErkieBuggyboobooboo...

[EricShane]

*hugs Ginnywinnygaga*

[Gingerale]

teehee! I needed that!

[EricShane]

teehee! I needed that!

alohalini and I were shopping the other day and she said that she knew you! I was like "Ive talked to her for years online and stuff!"

[Gingerale]

hmmm...trying to figure out how I know her. lol... but hugs to her for knowing me... lol

[SippinTea]

*Hugs* Kris for understanding, even without knowing

[EricShane]

hmmm...trying to figure out how I know her. lol... but hugs to her for knowing me... lol

Racheal, shes originally from texas! shes Goergious, and Beautiful, and Super fun and nice and everything! *hugs Racheal*

[Newsman]

Hmmm...


John 

[terp]

*hugs* Kris - sorry we couldn't hang more today.  It was good to see you.

*hugs* Minnesota.

[terp]

*hugs* Coleman

[Sis]

I'd hug ya Terp if you tell me why you left MN? Where'd ya go? Ah I'll hug ya anywho! {{{{{{{{{{HUUUUGGG}}}}}}}}}}}}

[newkris]

*hugs* terp.  it was so very nice to see you.  i do miss my coffee/walking buddy.  i have many new friends, but none quite like you.  i think me and Jesus need to have a little talk about that week-end college master's program . . . . 

*hugs* extra friends who don't even know why they make me smile

*hugs* Jesus who can fix it all.

*hugs* ruby for hugging me! 

[EricShane]

*hugs Tyler Perry*