Ole Glory Coast to Coast June Challenge…A Favorite Place
This month’s challenge…Ole’Glory Coast to Coast-June ActiveRain Challenge...has been a fun one and I have a feeling that it also caused many of us to be more aware of the homes and public places around us that proudly display Ole Glory.
When Larry and I returned to the Houston area, we discovered the Fallen Warrior Memorial…not far from where we walk at Kickerillo.
The Memorial is dedicated to the more than 600 Texans who gave their lives in the war on terrorism…from the 9/11 attacks to the present.
There is a park adjacent to the Memorial and we often walk through the park and to the Memorial to pay our respects.
What I wish I could have picked up in a video are the names of the fallen announced in the background. It has a very spiritual feel to it.
There is also a separate Service Dog Memorial that reminds us of our furry friends who have played their part.
Old Glory flies high from a pole in the esplanade as you approach the area. Around the Memorial are the flags from the different branches of the military.
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation’s flag,
sees not the flag, but the nation itself. Henry Ward Beecher.
This is my third and final entry in this month’s challenge. Thank you, Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint-Idaho and Endre Barath, Jr. for hosting this.
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