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    In a Confederate Graveyard

    JUNE 28, 2010 11:01AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: photos of america, open call, roadie, reverence, war dead, lt. gen. nathan bedford forrest, forrest farewell address to cavalry, 14th indiana regiment, 24th tennessee regiment, union army, confederate army, soldiers, division, dissent, obama mcchrystal, mcchrystal rolling stone, general mcchrystal, photography, history, travel, off the beaten path, civil war, confederate graveyard, beech grove tennessee, beech grove confederate cemetery

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    Honoring My Soldiers, My Heroes on Memorial Day

    MAY 30, 2010 11:13PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: heroes, memorial day, veterans, soldiers, us military, army, army air corps, world war ii, wwii, marines, camp pendleton, korean war, fort drum, iraq, afghanistan, army rangers, special forces, honoring the fallen, war dead, robert r. baynes, david e. lawrence, lawrence t. riordan, open call

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    Not Afraid of the Dark

    FEBRUARY 3, 2010 8:50AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: animals, family, don't ask don't tell, norman rockwell saturday evening post, the colonies of the dead, accidents, war dead, treeing tennessee brindle coon hounds, snow, walking the dog, twilight, lights, cemeteries

    • 23 Ratings
    • 1501 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Bambi, Uncola, Dakini, Katrina, 9/11 and Climate Change

    MAY 25, 2009 7:15PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: war, attack, twin towers, 911, 9/11, dakini dancer, dakini, uncola, bambi, politics, philosophy, health, family, belief and religion, religion, afterlife, achievements, monuments, rituals, jobs, firing, fired, counseling, counselling, grieving, grief, layoffs, cyberfriends, net friends, global warming, climate change, cyberspace, virtual community, lost friends, old friends, remembering, memories, memorial, war dead, catastrophe, fallen heroes, suicide, dead, death

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    • 445 Views
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    5-25-09

    MAY 25, 2009 4:27PM

    By Daniel Avery


    Topics: memorial day, support our troops, war dead, american wars

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 1180 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Let us See, So That We May Know

    FEBRUARY 10, 2009 8:16AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: obama stimulus, press conference, veterans, iraq, lorraine berry, afghanistan, war dead, ptsd, caskets, coffins, owen, dulce et decorum est

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1274 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Section 60--Arlington Cemetery

    OCTOBER 14, 2008 10:51AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: war dead, iraq, afghanistan, cemetery, politics, john mccain, george bush, soldiers

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