http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/07/03/gratitude-and-patriotism/ Uplifting, edifying, and enriching reading by and for Latter-day Saint Women Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:58:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/07/03/gratitude-and-patriotism/#comment-34126 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:47:58 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/07/03/gratitude-and-patriotism/#comment-34126 Marilynne, thanks for your post. Also, thanks for the suggestions of ways to develop and show our patriotism. Appreciation for our country and the many good things it does is an important aspect of our lives, and it also helps us take an interest in voting and other aspects of contributing to our country. Marilynne, thanks for your post. Also, thanks for the suggestions of ways to develop and show our patriotism. Appreciation for our country and the many good things it does is an important aspect of our lives, and it also helps us take an interest in voting and other aspects of contributing to our country.

]]> http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/07/03/gratitude-and-patriotism/#comment-33411 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:30:17 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/07/03/gratitude-and-patriotism/#comment-33411 Well written. Up here in Canada I think we see lots of national pride, that we sometines take for granted. We had an excellent display of patriotism up here the other day when 6 came home from Afghanistan, as their draped coffins came into the city, people lined the higways to pay final respects, for me it sure made me proud to be Canadian. Well written. Up here in Canada I think we see lots of national pride, that we sometines take for granted. We had an excellent display of patriotism up here the other day when 6 came home from Afghanistan, as their draped coffins came into the city, people lined the higways to pay final respects, for me it sure made me proud to be Canadian.

]]> http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/07/03/gratitude-and-patriotism/#comment-32406 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:42:39 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2007/07/03/gratitude-and-patriotism/#comment-32406 Thank you for these thoughts, I think Gratitude and Patriotism should be thought about throughout the year. I have several family members who have been and are in the military, so in my life there have always been small little reminders the cost for freedom and the pride felt towards America. I remember a couple of years when we were younger as a family we went to a cemetery near by for Memorial Day and placed a little flag by the headstone of someone who fought in one of the wars, it was easy to find someone because usually on the headstone it would say what war and what branch of service they were involved in. We would then stay and watch the program. My Dad has a flag pole and so most of the year his flag is out on that pole. I have a flag, and while we haven’t yet mounted the mount to hold the flag to our house we will find some way to display our flag, just in time for tomorrow! Thank you for these thoughts, I think Gratitude and Patriotism should be thought about throughout the year. I have several family members who have been and are in the military, so in my life there have always been small little reminders the cost for freedom and the pride felt towards America. I remember a couple of years when we were younger as a family we went to a cemetery near by for Memorial Day and placed a little flag by the headstone of someone who fought in one of the wars, it was easy to find someone because usually on the headstone it would say what war and what branch of service they were involved in. We would then stay and watch the program. My Dad has a flag pole and so most of the year his flag is out on that pole. I have a flag, and while we haven’t yet mounted the mount to hold the flag to our house we will find some way to display our flag, just in time for tomorrow!

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