I lost my best friend to an IED in Iraq and this blog is not political but just a thank you to those who have gone to war - by their own free will - and paid the ultimate price to give us liberty.
As you can see this year at Arlington National Cemetery the Wreaths Across America organization donated 10,000 wreaths to adorn the graves of soldiers. This year the wreaths were placed at the site of those who died in the Iraq war.
Above is a picture of my friend, Steve McGowan. He was known as the Beanie Baby Soldier.
For Christmas, while he was in Iraq, instead of gifts for himself he asked people to send Beanie Babies so he could give them to Iraqi children. This thoughtlessness spread like wildfire and has grown to a national cause.
You can see the effort at the RGW Foundation . There is even an award winning movie produced by the CBS News Anchor in Philadelphia about Steve. I encourage you to look at this page, read the article, and watch the movie Steve made for a 2nd grade class in Texas he wrote to while in Iraq.
We are fortunate to have people like him in this world.
To all the men and woman of uniform - thank you.
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