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July Jewelry Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

2009-07-08T18:57:00.003-05:00

July Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

From July 1 through July 31, all of our Jewelry items in our catalogue are 10% off.

See these sales and other specials at our CHShops Online Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

Pictured above: Wedgwood Jasperware Egyptian Pendant

New listings this week:
1. Ladies Embroidered T-Shirt
2. Hand Carved Plate Hofbrahaus Munchen
3. Men's Leather Wallet New
4. Mobile Charger for Cell Phone

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July 2009 Amateur Radio Hamfest Calendar

2009-07-06T17:41:00.002-05:00

July Amateur Radio Hamfest Calendar

We hope to see you there! Did we miss one? Do you have one to add? Let us know!

July 4 - Harrisburg RAC, 3107 North 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA.
July 5 - Livermore ARK, Livermore, CA
July 5 - Triangle ARC, 1218 Northside Ave., East Liverpool, OH
July 5 - Murgas ARC, Wilkes-Barre (Dallas), PA
July 11-Monroe County ARC, Tompkinsville, KY
July 11-Pen-Bay ARC, Union, ME
July 11-Straits Area ARC, Petoskey, MI
July 11-North Carolina Alligator Group, Salisbury, NC
July 12-Kankakee Area Radio Society, Peotone, IL
July 12-Sussex County ARC, Augusta, NJ
July 18-Ozone ARC , Slidell, LA
July 18-Sugar River AR Festival, Newport, NH
July 19-Radio Central ARC, Farmingville, NY
July 24-25 Milton ARC, Milton, FL
July 25-26 Deuel County ARC, Clear Lake, SD
July 26-Baltimore Radio Amateur Television Society, Timonium, MD

For more info on HAM Radio, see our Squidoo Lens at:Amateur Radio and Hamfests

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Electronics History

2009-07-05T13:36:00.006-05:00

1947 William Shockley invents the transistor. First popular use will be the transistor radio. Electronics become smaller.

The first transistor was invented at Bell Laboratories on December 16, 1947 by William Shockley (seated at Brattain's laboratory bench), John Bardeen (left) and Walter Brattain (right). This was perhaps the most important electronics event of the 20th century, as it later made possible the integrated circuit and microprocessor that are the basis of modern electronics. Prior to the transistor the only alternative to its current regulation and switching functions (TRANSfer resISTOR) was the vacuum tube, which could only be miniaturized to a certain extent, and wasted a lot of energy in the form of heat. Although video was possible with vacuum tube equipment, as was the case with the Ampex VRX-1000, without the transistor video products would never have gotten very small.

The picture on the left above shows the first point contact transistor built by Walter Brattain. It consisted of a plastic triangle lightly suspended above a germanium crystal which itself was sitting on a metal plate attached to a voltage source. A strip of gold was wrapped around the point of the triangle with a tiny gap cut into the gold at the precise point it came in contact with the germanium crystal. The germanium acted as a semiconductor so that a small electric current entering on one side of the gold strip came out the other side as a proportionately amplified current.

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See our Squidoo Lens at: Amateur Radio and HamFests

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Happy Independence Day

2009-07-04T13:24:00.003-05:00

Today, on July 4, our nation celebrates Independence Day -- when, 233 years ago, 56 Patriots signed their names to the Declaration of Independence, pledging "to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." With the signing of the Declaration, they conceived a nation whose people would enjoy the blessings of liberty.

Americans enjoy more freedoms than in any other nation, and we still have the means to resist tyranny, whether it comes at us in redcoats, jackboots or from nattily-dressed lawyers with graying ponytails.

It's a great time to reflect on our heritage and join the resistance in any capacity we can. Attending a July 4th Tea Party would be a good start.

We wish you the best and hope you can spend time with family and friends in celebration of our God-given freedom, for those men and women with the foresight to protect our liberty in the law, and for those who have paid the ultimate price defending it.
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Perhaps the most important lesson we should learn on every July 4th is that each generation must earn its own liberty.
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Happy Independence Day to all. We will be attending the Tea Party Rally in Monterey, CA this afternoon.
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July Sale & New Listings At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

2009-07-01T22:32:00.005-05:00

July Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

From July 1 through July 31, all of our Jewelry items in our catalogue are 10% off.

See these sales and other specials at our CHShops Online Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

Pictured above: Wedgwood Jasperware Egyptian Pendant

New listings this week:
1. Tupperware Stackable Pie Plate
2. Lady's Embroidered Vest
3. Men's Jimmy Connor Tennis Shirt
4. VHS VolcanoScapes II, Award Winning Video

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The Grandview At Las Vegas

2009-06-28T15:06:00.000-05:00

This Week we are high-lighting the Grandview at Las Vegas Timeshare Resort, a Gold Crown RCI exchange resort.

The Grandview is located South of "The Strip" and adjacent to the South Point Casino. It is away from all the "glitz" of The Strip; but The Grandview offers complimentary shuttle service to Excalibur every day, where you are in walking distance of most of the casinos and where you can catch the tram to points further North on The Strip.

We have stayed at Grandview in the past and were very pleased with the location. The accommodations were very good and there are three pools and spas for your enjoyment.
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For information about our timeshare sales and rentals, see our Squidoo lens at: Need A Timeshare Vacation?; and also see more information on our website at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

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From Kovel's Comments June 24, 2009

2009-06-24T12:43:00.002-05:00

From Kovel's Comments, June 24, 2009:

A reader, S.C., emailed to ask who gets the money for the stolen Lincoln stamp mentioned last week. The "Ice House" cover (envelope) that bore the stamp was stolen in 1967. Aetna Insurance paid the owner, J. David Baker, $86,000 to cover the loss of the Ice House cover and about 250 other covers that were stolen at the same time. Most of the stolen covers were found and returned in 1978. In 2006 a couple claimed to have found the cover while they were sorting through a dead friends' estate. Another source says the couple claimed they bought the stamp at a flea market twenty years earlier. Another source says the couple claimed they bought the cover at a flea market. The couple took the envelope to a stamp shop in Chicago where it was identified and the police were contacted. The statute of limitations had expired on the 1967 theft, so the case went to court.

Who owned the stamp -- the finders, the original owners, the insurance company, or another collector who had offered to buy it when it surfaced? The insurance company had been involved in several mergers and the judge ruled it was no longer the same company that had insured the stamp. The collector had no proof he had purchased the rights to buy the stamp because those involved were dead. The ownership was finally awarded to the Baker estate in 2008. So the money, $431,250, went to the Baker heirs.

But the whole story is even more complicated. It is part of a real life detective drama involving a fine arts thief, the Chicago mob, a porn shop owner, a murder, a blackmail demand for the return of the stamp, and the suicide of a man who was accused of selling bogus collectibles. To this day no one admits to knowing where the stamp has been all these years.

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June Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

2009-06-22T12:07:00.003-05:00

June Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

From June 1 through June 30, 2009, all of our Home and Garden Catalogue Items are 10% off.

See these sales and other specials at our CHShops Online Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

Pictured above: VHS A Night In Hawaii With Don Ho, Circa 1960's, Unopened

New listings this week:
1. Wedgwood Jasperware White-On-Black Bud Vase, Circa 1966
2. The Modern Family Cookbook by Meta Given, Circa 1943
3. Samsung Wall Charger and Verizon Mobile Charger for Mobile Phone
4. The Record War-Time Cookbook, 1918
5. VHS Hawaii Magnificent Islands, Circa 1994
6. Wedgwood Jasperware Vintage Demitasse Cup & Saucer, Shell Design
7. VHS A Night In Hawaii With Don Ho, Circa 1960's, Unopened
8. VHS Volcano Scapes: Pele's March To The Sea
9. Patches, Capital City Communications, Inc., Never Used

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Forums and Marketing Resource Websites We Participate In and Support

2009-06-18T15:41:00.004-05:00

Along with many other online buyers and sellers, here are a few forums and marketing resource websites that we participate in and support. There is a wealth of information at these sites, both for shoppers and shop owners.

Forums:
CHShops Community
The Selling Lounge
Power Sellers Unite

Marketing Resources:
Really Smart Deals
Every Place I Sell

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Princess Phones

2009-06-15T14:06:00.000-05:00

The Princess telephone was introduced by AT&T in 1959. It was a compact telephone designed for convenient use in the bedroom, and contained a light-up dial for use as a night-light. It was commonly known with the slogan "It's little...It's lovely...It lights". Its dial was in the base of the telephone. Contemporary advertising demonstrates that this telephone was marketed to women. As a result, a broad range of colors were offered, including pink, red, yellow, moss green, black, white, beige, ivory, light blue, turquoise, and gray.

The designer of the Princess was the famed industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, working closely with the engineers at Bell Laboratories. Later redesigns were done by Donald Genaro of the Dreyfuss design firm (Genaro redesigned the case so that it could be more easily picked up).

The Princess was unique in two aspects: it required an external electric transformer to power the light-up dial, and when the telephone began production, Western Electric did not have a ringer small enough to fit inside the case; an external ringer was required as in the "candlestick phone" of forty years earlier.

Early versions of the Princess were known as 701 series phones. These required the external ringer. Customers complained that the phone was so light that it would slide off surfaces while dialing, so a lead weight was added.

Later models included the M1A ringer. The rotary dial version was known as the 702B (the modular version would be labeled 702BM). Another model of the Princess was the model 711B, a slide switch /push-button, two line phone with exclusion on line 1. A ten button Touch Tone version was known as the 1702B, while the standard twelve button arrangement was known as the 2702B (modular version was the 2702BM). Several other variations were made and can be viewed on this external site.[1]

The telephone was produced at the Western Electric Indianapolis, and later Shreveport Works plant, also the location of 500/2500 series telephone production. The Trimline telephone is often confused with the Princess because the Trimline dial lights up, even though the dial on the Trimline is in the handset.

The Princess underwent several changes in its production run:

In 1963, the Bell System introduced touchtone dialing, and Western Electric began production of a touch-tone model, with 10 numerical keys (lacking today's * and # keys). The internal network of the Princess was reduced in size the same year, allowing a small, quiet bell ringer to be placed to the left of the touch-tone dial.
In the late 1970s, AT&T introduced "modular" telephone plugs, with the RJ11 standard home telephone jack. Most customers who had Princess telephones were converted to modular dial.

In 1983, AT&T was preparing itself for divestiture of the Bell System. It started American Bell, a separate sales subsidiary of Western Electric and the Bell Operating Companies. AT&T introduced a non-light up dial with white keys to be sold in Phone Center Stores (these sets were marked "CS" on the bottom for "consumer sales"). Post-divestiture colors added after 1984 included slate blue and light green.

In 1993, the Princess was heavily redesigned. Although it retained the same handset & oval shape it has had since its introduction, a new dial was introduced. The dial still required an external transformer for night-light use; a handset volume control was added to the dial pad; phone number "card" was moved from below the dialpad to the location of the rest for the microphone. This model was called the "Signature Princess", and was freely available for lease; only available for purchase at AT&T Phone Centers, which closed in 1996.

In 1994, AT&T ended production of the Princess telephone. It continues to lease the Signature Princess model. Due to its removal from production, and its attractive design, the Princess has become an extremely collectible phone. Princess telephones in pink, turquoise, and black are among the rarest colors of the phones and most valuable.

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Pictured here: Princess Phone, by GE, Model #2-922ONIA, wall or table mount.

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The Meaning of the 13 Folds of the Flag

2009-06-13T01:06:00.003-05:00

There is an email floating around attributing a meaning to each of the 13 folds of the US Flag, used in military funerals. While this email describes a touching rendition, it is not an offical one; and is used only when the deceased family requests it.

The Truth:
The meaning of the folding of the American flag that is described in this eRumor is not without importance, but it is not official and not required.

Public Law 94-344, known as the Federal Flag Code, is the law of the land regarding the handling and displaying of the American flag. It does not include anything regarding the significance or meaning of folding the flag. The code was first adopted by Congress in 1923 and revised numerous times.

According to the American Legion, the code does not call for a ceremonial folding of the flag and the folding procedure is also traditional. Same for the meanings of the folds. Nobody seems to know when or where that originated or who wrote it. There is speculation that it may have come from a chaplain who attached the mostly Judeo-Christian religious meanings to the folds, perhaps for a burial ceremony.

Official or not, the statement has gained status as the traditional meaning of the folds and was found in many governmental and military manuals and recited at numerous military funerals.

In October, 2007, the National Cemetery Administration banned the practice of giving the meaning of the folds of the flag at all national cemeteries, but the decision was quickly revised. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued a statement on 10/20/07 saying that any recitations at the graveside of a veteran can reflect the wishes of the family. In other words, if the family wants the meaning of the folds to be included, it can be included.

One additional note: The eRumor says the 21-gun salute originated from adding the digits of 1776. That is not true. According to Arlington Cemetery, the 21-gun salute evolved from many years of various traditions of honoring dignitaries.

Truth Or Fiction

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June Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

2009-06-10T14:57:00.003-05:00

June Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

From June 1 through June 30, 2009, all of our Home and Garden Catalogue Items are 10% off.

See these sales and other specials at our CHShops Online Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

Pictured above: Coasters, Vintage Set of 8 in Original Box by The Killinger Co.

New listings this week:
1. Talon Zippers (six) Never Used, Still in Packaging
2. The Record War-time CookBook, 1918
3. Samsung Wall & Mobile Chargers for Samsung Mobile Phone
4. The Modern Family Cookbook, 1943
5. Wedgwood Bud Vase, White-on-Black Jasperware, 1966
6. AT&T Answer Machine

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Galaxy M87 Most Massive Black Hole Find

2009-06-09T20:04:00.004-05:00

Texas-Size Computer Finds Most Massive Black Hole In Galaxy M87

The illustration shows the relationship between the mass of a galaxy's central black hole and the mass of its central bulge. The new higher mass Gebhardt and Thomas computer modeled for M87's black hole, 6.4 billion solar masses, could change this relationship. They used a more complete computer model than previous work. This may mean that the black holes in all nearby massive galaxies are more massive than we think, signaling a change in our understanding of the relationship between a black hole and its surrounding galaxy. Credit: Tim Jones/UT-Austin after K. Cordes and S. Brown (STScI).

by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2009

Astronomers Karl Gebhardt (The University of Texas at Austin) and Jens Thomas (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) have used new computer modeling techniques to discover that the black hole at the heart of M87, one the largest nearby giant galaxies, is two to three times more massive than previously thought.
Weighing in at 6.4 billion times the Sun's mass, it is the most massive black hole yet measured with a robust technique, and suggests that the accepted black hole masses in nearby large galaxies may be off by similar amounts. This has consequences for theories of how galaxies form and grow, and might even solve a long-standing astronomical paradox.

Gebhardt will detail these results in a press conference June 8 at 12 Noon PDT at the 214th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Pasadena, Calif. They will be published later this summer in The Astrophysical Journal, in a paper by Gebhardt and Thomas.

See entire article at: Massive Black Hole

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Revolution Money Exchange

2009-06-08T21:29:00.000-05:00

New Payment Processor - Revolution Money Exchange

There's another payment processor in town and it's called Revolution Money Exchange. I've joined and it looks pretty good to me so far.

Signing up is free. Every online transaction between accountholders is free. Online transfers to and from your bank account are free.

Every transaction is secure, and your account is issued through First Bank & Trust, Brookings, SD, Member FDIC. Just Click on the green button to join!

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Remembering D-Day 1944

2009-06-06T20:20:00.006-05:00

World War II, June 6, 1944
The Battle of Normandy was fought during World War II in the summer of 1944, between the Allied nations and German forces occupying Western Europe. More than 60 years later, the Normandy Invasion, or D-Day, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving nearly three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France.

Twelve Allied nations provided fighting units that participated in the invasion, including Australia, Canada, Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Allied invasion of northwest Europe. The assault phase, or the establishment of a secure foothold, was known as Operation Neptune. Operation Neptune began on D-Day (June 1, 1944) and ended on June 30, when the Allies had established a firm foothold in Normandy. Operation Overlord also began on D-Day, and continued until Allied forces crossed the River Seine on August 19.

The battle began months before the invasion, when Allied bombers began to pound the Normandy coast and farther south, to destroy transportation links, and disrupt the German army's build-up of their military strength. More than 300 planes dropped 13,000 bombs over Normandy in advance of the invasion. Six parachute regiments, with more than 13,000 men, also went ahead to cut railroad lines, blow up bridges, and seize landing fields. Gliders also brough in men, light artillery, jeeps, and small tanks.

See entire article at: D-Day

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Tidbits of Military History

Pictured here: Normandy Cemetary

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Cookbook Category Added

2009-06-04T11:33:00.005-05:00

June 3, 2009
New Category Added to our Antiques Website

We have added another sub-category, Cookbooks, to our ChShops Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry. You can now find several vintage cookbooks in our Media & Book Section.

Pictured here: The Goodhouse Keeping Illustrated Cookbook

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All About Field Day--Always Held On the Last Weekend in June

2009-06-03T18:27:00.003-05:00

Annual Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Exercise

Field Day is an annual amateur radio exercise, widely sponsored by IARU regions and member organizations, encouraging emergency communications preparedness among amateur radio operators. In the United States, it is typically the largest single emergency preparedness exercise in the country, with over 30,000 operators participating each year.

Since the first ARRL Field Day in 1933, radio amateurs throughout North America have practiced the rapid deployment of radio communications equipment in environments ranging from operations under tents in remote areas to operations inside Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). Operations using emergency and alternative power sources are highly encouraged, since electricity and other public infrastructures are often among the first to fail during a natural disaster or severe weather.

To determine the effectiveness of the exercise and of each participant's operations, there is an integrated contesting component, and many clubs also engage in concurrent leisure activities (camping out, cookouts, etc.). Operations typically last a continuous twenty-four hours, requiring scheduled relief operators to keep stations on the air. Additional contest points are awarded for experimenting with unusual modes, making contacts via satellite, and involving youth in the activity.

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June Sale at Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

2009-06-01T12:00:00.004-05:00

June Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

From June 1 through June 30, 2009, all of our Home and Garden Catalogue Items are 10% off.

See these sales and other specials at our CHShops Online Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

Pictured above: Coasters, Vintage Set of 8 in Original Box by The Killinger Co.

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New Categories Added to our Antiques Website

2009-05-25T20:26:00.006-05:00

We have added two new sub-categories to our ChShops Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry. They are "Cards & Notes" in our Media & Book Section and "Electronics & Amateur Radio Gear" in our Home & Garden Section.

Pictured above: Unopened package of Notes and Envelopes; and A GE Princess Phone, all in MINT condition.

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Timeshare Vacations in Ruidoso, NM

2009-05-23T17:08:00.004-05:00

This Week we are high-lighting the Crown Point Condominiums in Ruidoso, NM. Nestled on a mountain side overlooking the city of Ruidoso, the scenic view from the timeshare resort is outstanding.

Situated atop Camelot Mountain, Crown Point Condominiums overlooks a scenic mountain panorama. On site, you can enjoy the indoor pool, exercise and games room, tennis court, hot tub, and racquetball court. A short drive away is summer horse racing, hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, and golf courses. In winter, Ski Apache is located about 23 miles away and boasts a top elevation of 11,400 feet and a vertical drop of 1,700 feet. Enjoy casino gambling at three local casinos. Fine art galleries, specialty boutiques, and antiques stores are in the village of Ruidoso.

Crown Point Condominiums is an RCI Points Resort.

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Memorial Day

2009-05-21T22:51:00.003-05:00

"Once each May, amid the quiet hills and rolling lanes and breeze-brushed trees of Arlington National Cemetery, far above the majestic Potomac and the monuments and memorials of our Nation's Capital just beyond, the graves of America's military dead are decorated with the beautiful flag that in life these brave souls followed and loved.

This scene is repeated across our land and around the world, wherever our defenders rest. Let us hold it our sacred duty and our inestimable privilege on this day to decorate these graves ourselves -- with a fervent prayer and a pledge of true allegiance to the cause of liberty, peace, and country for which America's own have ever served and sacrificed. ... Our pledge and our prayer this day are those of free men and free women who know that all we hold dear must constantly be built up, fostered, revered and guarded vigilantly from those in every age who seek its destruction.

We know, as have our Nation's defenders down through the years, that there can never be peace without its essential elements of liberty, justice and independence. Those true and only building blocks of peace were the lone and lasting cause and hope and prayer that lighted the way of those whom we honor and remember this Memorial Day. To keep faith with our hallowed dead, let us be sure, and very sure, today and every day of our lives, that we keep their cause, their hope, their prayer, forever our country's own." --Ronald Reagan

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2009-05-21T13:50:00.000-05:00

Attention: All WorldMark TimeShare Vacation Owners
To keep up with the latest news from WorldMark Owners, please join and support the WorldMark Owners Forum at: The Online WorldMark Owner Community

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Memorial Day Origin

2009-05-20T18:00:00.004-05:00

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MEMORIAL DAY ORIGIN

Memorial days did not start in Petersburg, Virginia; Waterloo, New York; or any other city in the United States. Memorial days upon which the graves of the communities' heroes were decorated with flowers and garlands are ancient customs originating in Greece 2,500 years ago.

Memorial days were set aside during the American Civil War in both the United States and the Confederate States of America.

Following the Civil War, also known as the War Between the States, various communities started having memorial services for the war dead. The city of Waterloo, New York was officially recognized as the place where the first memorial services were held after the Civil War.

Petersburg, Virginia, has a clear, unbroken, logical chain of events making it the inspiration for and origin of the NATIONAL Memorial Day.

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2009-05-20T16:30:00.003-05:00

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Friday Mornings At The Pentagon

2009-05-18T16:59:00.003-05:00

Let us salute them every Friday morning from wherever we are.
"Still Serving God and America"

Subject: FW: FRIDAY MORNINGS AT THE PENTAGON --

Joe Galloway - Co-author of "We Were
Soldiers Once..... And Young"

FRIDAY MORNING AT THE PENTAGON
By JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY
McClatchy Newspapers

Over the last 12 months, 1,042 soldiers, Marines, sailors and Air Force
personnel have given their lives in the terrible duty that is war.
Thousands more have come home on stretchers, horribly wounded and
facing months or years in military hospitals.

This week, I'm turning my space over to a good friend and former
roommate, Army Lt. Col. Robert Bateman, who recently completed a year
long tour of duty in Iraq and is now back at the Pentagon.

Here's Lt. Col. Bateman's account of a little-known ceremony that fills
the halls of the Army corridor of the Pentagon with cheers, applause
and many tears every Friday morning. It first appeared on May 17 on
the Weblog of media critic and pundit Eric Alterman at the Media
Matters for America Website.

"It is 110 yards from the "E" ring to the "A" ring of the Pentagon.
This section of the Pentagon is newly renovated; the floors shine, the
hallway is broad, and the lighting is bright. At this instant the
entire length of the corridor is packed with officers, a few sergeants
and some civilians, all crammed tightly three and four deep against the
walls. There are thousands here.

This hallway, more than any other, is the Army' hallway.
The G3 offices line one side, G2 the other, G8 is around the corner.
All Army. Moderate conversations flow in a low buzz. Friends who may
not have seen each other for a few weeks, or a few years, spot each
other, cross the way and renew their friendships.

Everyone shifts to ensure an open path remains down the center. The air
conditioning system was not designed for this press of bodies in this
area. The temperature is rising already. Nobody cares.10:36
hours: The clapping starts at the E-Ring. That is the outer most of
the five rings of the Pentagon and it is closest to the entrance to the
building.. This clapping is low, sustained, hearty. It is applause with
a deep emotion behind it as it moves forward in a wave down the length
of the hallway.

A steady rolling wave of sound it is, moving at the pace of the soldier
in the wheelchair who marks the forward edge with his presence. He is
the first. He is missing the greater part of one leg, and some of his
wounds are still suppurating.. By his age I expect that he is a
private, or perhaps a private first class.

Captains, majors, lieutenant colonels and colonels meet his gaze and
nod as they applaud, soldier to soldier. Three years ago when I
described one of these events, those lining the hallways were somewhat
different. The applause a little wilder, perhaps in private guilt for
not having shared in the burden. Yet.

Now almost everyone lining the hallway is, like the man in the
wheelchair, also a combat veteran. This steadies the applause, but I
think deepens the sentiment. We have all been there now. The soldier's
chair is pushed by, I believe, a full colonel. Behind him, and
stretching the length from Rings E to A, come more of his peers, each
private, corporal, or sergeant assisted as need be by a field grade
officer.

11:00 hours: Twenty-four minutes of steady applause. My hands hurt, and
I laugh to myself at how stupid that sounds in my own head. My hands
hurt.. Please! Shut up and clap. For twenty-four minutes, soldier after
soldier has come down this hallway - 20, 25, 30. Fifty-three legs come
with them, and perhaps only 52 hands or arms, but down this hall came
30 solid hearts.

They pass down this corridor of officers and applause, and then meet
for a private lunch, at which they are the guests of honor, hosted by
the generals. Some are wheeled along. Some insist upon getting out of
their chairs, to march as best they can with their chin held up, down
this hallway, through this most unique audience. Some are catching
handshakes and smiling like a politician at a Fourth of July parade.
More than a couple of them seem amazed and are smiling shyly.

There are families with them as well: the 18-year-old war-bride
pushing her 19-year-old husband's wheelchair and not quite
understanding why her husband is so affected by this, the boy she grew
up with, now a man, who had never shed a tear is crying; the older
immigrant Latino parents who have, perhaps more than their wounded
mid-20s son, an appreciation for the emotion given on their son's
behalf. No man in that hallway, walking or clapping, is ashamed by the
silent tears on more than a few cheeks.
An Airborne Ranger wipes his eyes only to better see. A couple of the
officers in this crowd have themselves been a part of this parade in
the past.

These are our men, broken in body they may be, but they are our
brothers, and we welcome them home. This parade has gone on, every
single Friday, all year long, for more than four years.

Did you know that? The media hasn't yet told the story. And probably
never will.
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