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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:18 AM
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pictures of a sad and beautiful ceremony for one of our soldiers

A photo slide from RockyMountainNews.com.

This is quite moving and a great tradition. Don't know if you have seen before, either way, worth it the second time.



Wake for an Indian warrior

http://multimedia.rockymountainnews.com/slideshow/slideshow.cfm?type=DEFAULT&ID=012006lundstrom&NUM=1
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:30 AM
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1. wow-so sad but beautiful
Edited on Fri Feb-03-06 08:31 AM by commander bunnypants
:patriot:

CB

I was a USN corpsman
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:41 AM
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4. yes, it touched me deeply too
and I did not realize that per capitia the native Amercians were the most represented ethnic group serving in our armed forces...:patriot:
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:35 AM
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2. That was touching, thanks. -NT
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:42 AM
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5. your welcome n/t
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:35 AM
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3. Thanks for posting
leaves me speechless
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:44 AM
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6. the native Americans have such beautiful ceremonies for
honoring all the truly meaningful times in our lives...
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:44 PM
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15. I agree...
The ceremony and honor is beautiful, and so sad to see...
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 10:34 AM
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7. kick
CB
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 10:53 AM
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8. I'm at work, crying at my desk.
Thank you wildhorses for posting this tribute.
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:32 PM
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12. Me too!
Very moving photos. Everyone should see these.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:20 PM
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9. to whoever recommended this...
Edited on Fri Feb-03-06 12:21 PM by wildhorses
I want to say thanks, I am truly honored that you consider this post to be worthy of the greatest page.



edited cos I can't type through the tears
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:41 PM
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14. I did
cause it should be the greatest of the great. Any thread that can make me bawl in front of my coworkers gets recommended.

CB
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:25 PM
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10. I'm crying. That is so very sad and beautiful.
I wonder how many Americans will ever see these pictures and read the story? Not enough, I'm afraid.
:cry:
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:31 PM
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11. What a beautiful yet sad
memorial. Thank you so much for the link. May he rest in peace.

(recommended).

aA
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:34 PM
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13. Salute
:patriot:
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:49 PM
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16. beautiful ceremony
Senseless slaughter.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:51 PM
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17. Thanks, wildhorses.
I was moved to tears.


What is remembered, lives. Ho. It is good.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:55 PM
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18. You know, as a mother, I really can't take this at all anymore.
A touching ceremony. Thanks for reminding us wildhorses...my heart is breaking today. These boys and girls and men and women should still be with us. :( :hug: Thanks again, we need to see these. I've reached my breaking point...that poor little boy. He wasn't even grown up yet.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 12:23 PM
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24. It's so hard
to read and hear about day after day, yet we MUST keep their memories alive. It breaks my heart too, my son is 23 in may of this year. I cannot IMAGINE losing him, ever .. never. Life would cease. :cry:

:hug: MrsG!

you're right, he wasn't even grown up yet :( :cry: :(
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 12:56 PM
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19. That gave me goosebumps
and yes, I'm blinking away tears. If I wasn't at work, I'd probably be sobbing right now.

Thank you for posting the link.
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Serial Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 01:17 PM
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20. Beautiful and sad!
:cry:

I love their traditions and how they respect everything on this planet!
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 01:24 PM
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21. Man, that hits hard.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 08:33 PM
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22. Kick
:kick:
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-03-06 09:01 PM
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23. How beautiful and heartbreaking.
Ritual and ceremony are very comforting at such sad times. My father in law had a veteran's funeral. I remember watching the members of the honor guard folding the flag with that crisp precision, and then handing it to my mother in law. I was mesmerized. It helped me to hold back the tears. It was, I don't know, so brave and to the point, somehow. Words can't explain. At least my father in law was old and had survived his war and raised a family. Sigh.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 12:28 PM
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25. Yes. Sad. He was just a puppy.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 12:35 PM
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26. Beautiful and moving
:cry: And incredible to think that a nation that was disenfranchised and subjected to what amounts to attempted genocide serves in such great numbers. These photos leave me speechless.

:patriot:
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Bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 02:10 PM
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27. Thank You.... that is beautiful
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 04:31 PM
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28. Rest in peace, Marine
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Laurence Binyon
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djeseru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 05:03 PM
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29. So beautiful.
I saw this yesterday and I cried...thought it well worth the recommendation, but did not post.

Tried to explain the photos to someone last night and just ended up crying again...it just so moving.
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