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Re-upping some writings & thoughts about veterans, military service, & democracy future present & past for Veterans Day /National Veterans & Military Families Month
3 Aug 2022
Writing dabbles in many currencies, but none so valuable as translation.
What @PhilKlay gives us in his new book is a look at how, and importantly why, soldiers’ service in the Forever Wars must be translated
@IWF @1977khv lawliberty.org/book-review/f…
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Rebecca Burgess retweeted
World Cup 2026 great time to break out those maps overlaying European cities on the same latitude in North America (and also North American cities on Eurasia and Africa map)
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Coolidge summed up the point of Flag Day: “We see in [the flag] the great multitude of blessings, of rights & privileges that make up our country. But … we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.”
Why Our Flag Brings Americans Together open.substack.com/pub/persua…
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The Scarlet Guard Color Guard, comprised of Legion Family members from NE Wisconsin, leads of the 75th Appleton Flag Day Parade. It is the nation's largest & oldest Flag Day parade & had participation from multiple Wisconsin Legion Family members.
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This morning, UK forces boarded a Russian tanker in the English Channel that was secretly helping to bankroll Putin's war in Ukraine.
The first operation of its kind led by British forces, and a clear message: there is nowhere to hide.
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"We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty." —George Washington
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There’s an open, twofold secret about America’s military:
1) spousal support is the prime predictor of member retention/staying in the military
2)recruitment is over-reliant on “legacy service members,” meaning on a repeat cadre of military families
And they are exhausted
The Morale of Military Families Needs Our Attention nationalreview.com/2026/06/t…
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“The flag was still there.”
Long before it flew at ballgames and front porches across America, the flag flying over Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine became a symbol of survival during the War of 1812.
After enduring hours of British bombardment, the fort’s enormous flag remained standing at sunrise, inspiring “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
This Flag Day, we honor the history, sacrifice, and stories behind the stars and stripes. 🇺🇸
Photo of the Great Garrison Flag by NPS
ALT Two field pieces in front of the fort with the Garrison Flag flying.
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Jun 13
From the Roman Republic to NATO, from World War II to today, the U.S.-Italy alliance has helped shape the free world.
🇮🇹 Eighty years after Italy became a democracy, the partnership remains as vital as ever.
@TheSubtleNotes via @RCDefense
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Jun 13
One more incredible capture from last night.
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The vibes went from 0 to 1776 real quick. 🇺🇸
#FIFAFanFestival #FIFAWorldCup #WeAreKansasCity #WeAre26
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Jun 13
Big News this morning : The George Washington statue near Fenway Park in Boston has been given the Highest Honour By the 🏴 Scottish Fans. Someone has got up there God knows how and placed a traffic cone □on his heed. 😅🤣😂😂. This is a proud moment for 🏴 Scotland.
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Jun 12
@TheSubtleNotes: "Today’s veterans owe a special debt to the Greatest Generation of World War II."
lawliberty.org/generational-…
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As the last members of the Greatest Generation pass from living memory Rebecca Burgess (@TheSubtleNotes) reflects on the legacy they leave for today’s veterans and for American civic life. lawliberty.org/generational-…
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Jun 12
I'll never think of the heroes of Flight 93 in the same way having read this extraordinary piece in @TheFP :
thefp.com/p/great-americans-…
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Amongst the many things this type of design for a national war memorial suggests is the reflection that perhaps this is the desiccated whattness you get when not enough time & distance has passed to truly understand all that the war was about:
Jun 10
An early look at the @GWOTMF memorial planned for Washington, D.C, released today.
It's planned on what are now athletic fields at the corner of Henry Bacon Drive and Constitution Avenue, near the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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It took us ~100 years of distance to get the National WW1 Memorial. It took 34 years for us to get “the” novel of the Vietnam War (Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes). The Lincoln Memorial was built in 1914-1922, etc..
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Re-upping this on the meaningful success of the National WW1 Memorial in DC:
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Rebecca Burgess (@TheSubtleNotes) explores how the National World War I Memorial transforms bronze stone and public space into a reflection on national memory and civic responsibility. lawliberty.org/living-memori…
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Breakfast existentialism at its finest.
“I have chosen battlefields faster than I chose those eggs.
She refilled my coffee & said she'd come back. It was the second refill. I had been deciding for 9 minutes.
The man on the next stool leaned over. "Just say over easy, man.”
Jun 11
USA. A diner. The waitress asked me how I want my eggs, and my mind went completely blank.
"How do you want your eggs, hon?"
Want. How do I WANT them. No one has ever asked me this. In my land, the egg arrives as the cook decrees, and you thank the egg, the cook, and your ancestors, in that order.
"Scrambled? Over easy? Sunny side up?" she offered, gently, the way one talks a man down from a roof.
The terms did not help. Over easy — over WHAT, easily? Easy for whom? Sunny side up — these people have named an egg after the dawn. Who does that. I needed time.
I have chosen battlefields faster than I chose those eggs.
She refilled my coffee and said she'd come back. It was the second refill. I had been deciding for nine minutes.
The man on the next stool leaned over. "Just say over easy, man. You can't go wrong."
"And if I CAN go wrong?"
"...it's eggs, buddy."
It's eggs. Eight hundred years of my family training itself to want nothing, and this man dismissed all of it with a fork in his hand. He was right. I will never tell him.
"Sunny side up," I declared, with the weight of a man choosing a path for life. "I will face the sun."
"You got it, hon."
The eggs came. Two small suns on a white plate, looking up at me. Golden. Ridiculous. Exactly what I wanted.
So THAT is what wanting feels like. I had to cross an ocean and hold up a breakfast line to learn it.
The man on the next stool got his check and left. "Good choice," he said.
I have never been more proud of anything.
A man does not ask the eggs to be simple. He only becomes a man who knows what he wants.
Tomorrow: over easy. I am almost ready.
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