Thank You, Veterans
In honor of Veterans Day, I am wearing my most patriotic red, white and blue two-piece suit. I would like to take this chance to thank all of the brave servicemen and -women for selflessly serving our country.
I also want to take a moment and think of my grampa, because I am very proud of the service he provided to our country, even though I never got to meet him. My grampa was a Master Paratrooper. Then he went to Officer Candidate School, and then to flight school. After he got his wings, he went to Vietnam and flew Caribou transport planes. He was very brave and got many medals. My grampa served almost 15 years in the Army, and after he resigned his commission, he became a commercial airline pilot for Western Airlines, and then for Delta Airlines until he retired. This is the flag from his military funeral.
I also want to share this poem with you:A Nation's Strength
Walt Whitman
Not gold, but only man can make
A people great and strong;
Men who, for truth and honor's sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly --
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
Walt Whitman
Not gold, but only man can make
A people great and strong;
Men who, for truth and honor's sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly --
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
88 Notes for Daisy:
Daisy, you look beautiful in your patriotic suit. What a wonderful tribute to your grampa. I am sorry you never got to meet him.
Thank you to Daisy & Harley's grampa, and all of the others who have served our country, and to those who continue to do so.
Daisy that was lovely to hear about your grandpa. I am sure he is looking down from heaven and smiling.
What a great tribute to those who served our country.
Your grampa sounds a little like my own father. He wasn't a commercial airline pilot but he did earn his wings in the army during WWII.
Thats just AWESOME that you have the flag from his Military Funeral.
Very dignified.
What a lovely post Dasiy and you look very fitting in your patriotic outfit :o)
Oh Daisy your dress is beautiful!.
Your grandpa really deserved to be praised. Serving the country and it's people.
What a lovely Remembrance post Daisy ~ we think yoor Gramps will be very proud of yoo.
We think your Grampa will be very touched by your post, and by the lovely ladycat that you are.
Lest We Forget.
You look very nice in your patriotic outfit Daisy.
Nice post, Daisy. And your grandpa was a wonderful man!
Very sweet post Daisy. Your Grandpa sounds like a very special and good man!
You look great in your patriotic suit Daisy! Thanks to your grampa and everyone else who has served our country.
Thank you, Daisy. Today is a special day for people like like your grampa. I wish I had known him.
Beautiful post and a nice tribute to your Grandpa.
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
Great Veteran's Day post and love your patriotic outfit, Daisy!
Daisy, that was a wonderful Veteran's Day presentation. Thank you!
Very honorable tribute to our veterans! My father served in the Navy during Korean Conflict and my uncles were all WWII Navy veterans (we lived on the coast, serving in the navy was expected of most).
Thank you!
~Lisa Co9T
Daisy, your post was beautiful! What a wonderful tribute to your Grandpa and others who have served. You look great in your outfit too!
Happy Veteran's Day!
Daisy, this was such a beautiful tribute. Your grampa would be proud. And of course, you look marvelous!!
This is a lovely tribute, Daisy, and I bet your grampa is real proud of you.
Wonderful post. Nice to hear about your grandpa, he must have been special.
cindy
What a patriotic kitty you are Daisy! Your Grampa is smiling down upon you.
h Daisy that is such a wonderful post. The picture of you and the flag is just gorgeous. And your patriotic suit is super too. Your grandpa sounds like a great person and he protected all of us.
Tell Mommeh that our blog is back. Yeah.
Hi Daisy, Today is a very good day to remember your grampa. He was very brave. I wish you could have met him.
He got awardies too? that is so wonderful. My daddy's dad was in WW2 and he jumped out of an airplane. My mom's dad did not fight in a war. When he was 20 he got collected in a razzia when he lived in Holland. The Nazi's picked up all able bodied men to clean up their bombed stuff and my dad was taken to Germany, very far north near Poland. When the war ended, he had to walk home. It took him two weeks. When he got home, him mom was very happy.
I am sure if your grampa was here today he would love your blog.
Love Princess
Happy Veterans day, you beautiful girl! Thank you for sharing your G-Pa!
Daisy, so beautiful! Wonderful post. Adorable!!!!
Lovely post, Daisy. As always, you are so sweet & adorable!
P.S. In order not to let us cats completely take over Jemma's blog, mommy has started a new one just for me!
well said Patriotic Daisy..
That is a lovely tribute to your Grampa and all the veterans who fought for our countries.
Daisy that was a beautiful post, thank you.
I bet your Grandpa is smiling down on you right now with how lovely your tribute was! Thank you to him
Beautiful and important post, Daisy. Thank you.
We have been looking forward to your Veterans post this year, Daisy.
It is always beautiful and makes us think about how fortunate we all are because of our Veterans and troops and their service to our country.
You are very beautiful in your patriotic dress!
~ Noah and Miss Emily
a very wonderful tribute to your grampie and our veterans.
A great tribute and a beautiful poem.
Beautiful post for Veteran's Day. A special thank you goes out to veterans like your grampa.
What a wonderfurl post. And, you look beautiful in your patriotic outfit today! Our mom's Grandpa's (RIP) were both in the military. Her paternal Grandpa got a purple heart in Normandy when a landmine blew up right by him. He came home afterwards and she doesn't really remember him all that well, but she does remember he walked with a cane. Happy Veteran's Day!!! ALL of the servicemen/women here today and gone, are all TRUE HEROES!
You look beautiful as always and that is a great tribute to all veterans.
--JB
Today I'ma taking a meowment of silence in honor of all da fantasticat veterans and da purrsons serving our Country today - they'za speshule, yep uh huh, they'za speshule just like yur Gwampa. Oh Daisy, my Gwampa wazza Merchant Marine in da wurld war twooza.
We like the outfit. That is a great tribute to your GramPa
Such a beautiful post and tribute to your grandpa....Hugs
Thank you for sharing your grampa with us. That was a very lovely tribute to him.
That was a mos excellent tribute to our military. And you modeled better than ever Daisy.
Very patriotic, Daisy!
That is an excellent tribute Daisy!
Very patriotic Daisy!
And the outfit is cute too!
We just know your Grampie would have adored you!!!
That's quite a story about your grandpa, perfect for today. My grandfather was a veteran, too (in WWII).
This is a wonderful tribute Daisy.
Hi Daisy!
You have a very good reason to be proud of your grandpa, although you never got the chance to meet him, he sounds like a very honorable man.
Daisy,
Thanks for sharing! And you look beautiful. Hallie and Cosmo (and NEmo the dog's) grammpa served in WWII as well. They never got to meet him but he fought for our country in the pacific. Thanks to all the men and women who have served our country!
What a nice post, Daisy!
Daisy, what a beautiful tribute to your grampa. Thank you to your grampa and all the other veterans who serve our wonderful country!
Happy Veterans Day. Thank you to your grampa for serving this country! You look awesome in your red, white and blue outfit today Miss Daisy.
A beautiful post for our veterans, Daisy.
You do look cute in your patriotic outfit.
What a lovely tribute to your grampa, Daisy, and to all the other veterans today!
What a nice tribute to vets! Our Pop is one and we are so proud of him!
Daisy,I thank you Grandpa for his service.May he rest in peace.
That was very nice of you Daisy. My uncle (my mother's only brother) was in Vietnam too. He died there.
War is very sad. That is why we goats sat down for Peace last week.
Oh Daisy, what a beautiful post for this very serious day. You look so pretty in your red, white and blue clothes. I'm so glad that you told us about your Grandfather.
We did not post anything special for Veterans' Day because we had already paid tribute to my grandfather and all other veterans on Saturday.
My grandfather had a military burial too. But my grandmother has the flag in the case, so we could not take a photo of it for our post.
We wanted to comment earlier, but our computer has been naughty today and we could not get online until now.
Mommie is going to write more about Grandfather and what happened to him after the war, but she will not say exactly when she plans to post that. It will be on Anna's and not on my bloggie.
Purrs
Sara Cat
Awww, what a lovely dedication to your Grandpa.
That is a very lovely tribute to our veterans.
Go see the challenge that William (of Mass Destruction) and Russell are doing for veterans day. http://williamthecat.blogspot.com/
Daisy dear, this may be your best photo shoot EVER! You should give your Mommy losts of extra purrs and cuddles because she did an awesome job!
We are giving our Grampy extra purrs and cuddles today for his service in the Korean Conflict. We ♥ all our Veterans and troops.
That was a great post!
That's a very fine post daisy! It's good to remember all the brave men and women who served their countries.
P.S. I want you to know that I do read your posts, though I don't comment. I mostly read it in my feed reader :)
Daisy,you look so sweet in your 2 piece :) We send BIG purrs to all the Veterans and all who serve :)
Purrs for your Grampa too;
Our Grampa was in WW2.
Purrs Mickey,Georgia & Tillie
Puuurrrrrrrr-utiful!
Benny & Lily
Daisy you are very patriotic and this was a wonderful tribute to all of our veterans including your own Grampa!
purrs
Abby
What a great tribute to our veterans and your grampa, Daisy!
Hi Daisy, I love that outfit. You have a great tribute to Veterans Day. Thank you for advertsing on my blog,you are such a nice cat!
Oh what a wonderful post Daisy! I am sad that your grandpa is no longer with us, but I am very glad to hear he was such a special person.
It's Remembrance Day here in Canada too, so we also are remembering our heros, past and present as well.
You look very patriotic!
Happy Vetrun's Day, Daisy. Yer patriotik owtfit is vary kyoot.
Thanks for your beautiful tribute to our veterans, Daisy. I never got to meet my grandpa who served either, but I'm so proud of his courage and patriotism.
daisy that was a wonderful post honey!
smiles, auntie bee
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Beautiful tribute to your grandpa and all of the veterans that have served and serve to give us the freedoms that we have each day living in this wonderful country. The dad of the house is a veteran and I honor him and all that have served and serve our nation.
That was a nice tribute to your grampa, Daisy.
I'm sure woo and your mommeh made your grampa a furry happy man!
Tank woo fur sharing!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
daisy, you and grampa make me proud.
What a lovely tribute to your Grampa, Daisy. He would have loved you, we're sure.
Daisy, what a lovely tribute to your Grandpa and to all the Veteran's today. He sounds like he was a great man.
Plus, you look fab in red, white and blue!
Purrs, Busby and Raymond
That was a beautiful post, Daisy. Your Grampa was a great man and we thank him and all the other veterans who helped us all!
I'm sure you are making him very proud.
daisy yoo luk so kyoot
awww Daisy....that was sweet... and ditto what Christine said...right at the beginning...
I never got to meet my Grandads either....
Daisy, this is a beautiful post. I loved reading about your grandpa. Glogirly's dad was a US Marine in WWII. He fought on Iwo Jima. Glogirly has a flag just like you have in your photos. Whenever she looks at it she pauses and smiles. She told me he was and is her hero.
Katie
(Glogirly's cat)
This is a really wonderful post for Veterans Day!
Thank you, Daisy!
You look lovely in your patriotic suit, Daisy. You pose very nicely with your Grampa's flag, too. Thank you to your Grampa and all our veterans for their service.
Daisy, this is a wonderful tribute to your Grandpa and all the veterans out there!
Hi Daisy,
I love the picture in front of the flag box. I think it is really important to remind people of what the true meaning is behind some of our important national holidays.
So many school kids don't know more than that they get a day off from school. They don't realize things like Fourth Of July = Independence Day.
I am glad you are taking the opportunity to thank Veterans everywhere and your grandfather in particular. Mine were both honorable servicemen as well.
What a wonderful post, Daisy. You should take some more shots and make a 2010 Veteran's Calendar. I know many people would love to see Patriotic Daisy. The first pose is especially beautiful.
Love,
Aunt Teesa
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