It’s been a windy Memorial Day here in Cedar Falls, Iowa and I couldn’t help but stop and take a picture of the American flags blowing at the local AMVET Post this morning.
“Heroes are something we create, something we need. It’s a way for us to understand what’s almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did that for their buddies. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.”
Author James Bradley
Flags of Our Fathers
Photo ©2011 Scott W. Smith
[...] It’s been a windy Memorial Day here in Cedar Falls, Iowa and I couldn’t help but stop and take a picture of the American flags blowing at the local AMVET Post this morning. “Heroes are something we create, something we need. It’s a way for us to understand what’s almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice [...] Original Source… [...]
Loved this post and the sentiments expressed. God bless these men who sacrificed so much for us.
Ever since that opening scene in “Saving Private Ryan” I’ve been amazed and grateful at the sacrifices done for this county. (I’ve always been a slow learner.)