Welcoming home my son and his fellow Marines at Camp Pendleton, May 18th, 2010.  Thank you for a job done  well Marines!

Welcome home, son ... We are so very happy and thankful!  We are so proud!

Tags: air force, american flag, army, camp pendleton, jeanne rene, marine mom, navy, old glory, support the troops, u.s. flag, u.s. marines, welcome home troops

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This May is the 12th Annual National Military Appreciation Month.  Here is the official website to commemorate the occasion.  

http://www.nmam.org/

You'll find lots of good information on Military and Veterans organizations and supporters, as well as information on the month's events celebrating in honor of our military men and women and their long history of service to the U.S.A.

 I will be adding to this post as I find more information.

But to start ... 

One way to support our military and its veterans is to go to Pepsi Refresh Project and vote for the military/veterans projects that are currently up for a vote ... a vote from you ... the public.  Just go to the search window on the PepsiRefresh home page and type in military, warrior, WWII, veteran, Iraq or Afghanistan and you will be led to projects whose goal is to help our military/veterans with a wide variety of needs.  You can vote for up to 10 projects a day.  

Wouldn't this be a wonderful way to say thank you to our Military by dedicating ourselves to casting 10 votes a day to help these groups win a grant of 250k, 50k, 25k or 5k.

Link to Pepsi Refresh:

http://www.refresheverything.com/index

 Please take the time to vote .... 

Tags: air forces, army, marines, national military appreciation month, navy, old glory parade, pepsi refresh, u.s. flag, veterans

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Picture provided by Anne ... Thank  you!

Homosassas Springs State Park in Florida --  A Bald Eagle injured in the wild,  now being cared for at the State Park, where all of the birds in the park cannot survive outside the park on their own.

Three pictures provided by April ........ thank  you!!

Statue commemorating the U.S. Marines ... I need to find the location of this memorial and will return to post its location...

Pearl Harbor Memorial ...

A soldier's gravesite ...

Tags: american flag, army, old glory, patriotice images, pearl harbor, u.s. flag images

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Milpitas Mall ... site of the old Ford Motor Plant 

Please join me in the celebration!  Do you have an original poem celebrating our Flag or an original poem about our troops?  Do you have original photos of Old Glory? I would love to include them here as a way to recognize our enduring freedom and a way to say "thank you" to those men and women who have served and are serving our courtry.  (Credit given to all contributors.) 

Comments are always welcome.  If interested in having your poem or photo included in the Old Glory Parade, I can be reached at:

actions360-oldgloryparade@yahoo.com

Tags: airforce, army, ford motor plant, images u.s. flag, jeanne rene poetry, marines, milpitas, navy, old glory, patriotic images, u.s. flag

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Pictures provided by a proud family member ....

John Barberi ... U.S.Marines

 Nick Barberi ... U.S. Army

Tags: army, images u.s. flag, korean war, marines, patriotic images, u.s. flag, war veterans, world war two

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