Tag: Holiday

holiday diversion is a reprise

do some good, y’allYes, it is Labor Day, which deserves its own post. But I am dipping into the Manhattan Loft Guy archives today for this post from June 18, 2011, weekend diversion / feel-good edition, with a link to

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it is a free country (still), but this should be mandatory reading

handwritten facsimile or plain text; your choiceA quick note and holiday link-a-pallooza before heading out to the ‘burbs for family grilling and sitting by the pool. I added the last bullet point below to link to last year’s post, form

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for Memorial Day, remember & learn before eating & drinking

reprise I & reprise III don’t think I can put it any better than I said it two years ago: Every American service member who has died in service is a tragedy for his or her family and for a

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a sacred secular day of memory

we cannot remember what we do not knowWe all have individual family, friends and others to remember today, which is good. Good, too, is a lesson about how this holiday came to be, some of which was familiar to me

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Mr. Lincoln's actual birthday

… is today (well, in 1809)Pity he has to share with #1 on the Monday after next. Re-read The Address. It’s short! Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty

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his birthday was Saturday, but his Day is today

do you prefer video or text?video is here (17 minutes, via YouTube) text is here © Sandy Mattingly 2011  

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