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Omaha Steve

(99,665 posts)
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 01:21 PM Aug 2015

Because of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII Marta and I made a special trip photos


X post in Veteran's and Photos.

http://www.councilbluffs-ia.gov/index.aspx?NID=271


Saturday morning the weather was beautiful. A little warm and muggy.



A mother remembers.



There he is.



A young man holds a folded flag.



In country.







I didn't want to step into the street, so the young man holding the flag is mostly hidden.



At the center of the park.



Thank a Veteran for making moments like this possible.





This fountain is just a few blocks away.




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Because of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII Marta and I made a special trip photos (Original Post) Omaha Steve Aug 2015 OP
Nice pics! randome Aug 2015 #1
Kick Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #2
Thank you for posting these fine photos of your memorial trip. hunter Aug 2015 #3
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
1. Nice pics!
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 01:28 PM
Aug 2015

A coworker just sent me a link to some Ibiza tunes:

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Listening to that while viewing these pics is somehow appropriate. Helps put the whole of humanity into some kind of unexpected context. A strange but appropriate contrast. Humanity marches on!
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