JFK’s beloved “Victura” – “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” JFK
Posts tagged ‘freedom’
Boston Harbor – My heart sings and is more than ready for the next visit!!
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Avalon, Catalina Island, California – Veterans Day my friends – there is a price for the freedom we enjoy!
THE LONE SAILOR MEMORIAL, LONG BEACH, CA. – Feeling grateful for my father who served, and for my daughter and granddaughter who took the last of his ashes to Pearl Harbor so part of him could be with those entombed there. I am forever grateful!
WHERE I STAND! The Old North Church in Boston, the location from which the famous “One if by land, and two if by sea” signal is said to have been sent.
SPARK A MEMORY! USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. The boat is the world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat.
SOLO! “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
TREASURES! Family treasures – grand parents with some of their great grand children!
“Young people need something stable to hang on to — a culture connection, a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future. Most of all, they need what grandparents can give them.” – Jay Kesler –
CHANGE IN SENERY! Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada.
