American Pride
Tim Kirkwood
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Don't you just love America.....I would like to see all of your guys American Pride shots.
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Here's mine.
Dave
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With apologies to our fellow dGrinners from around the world who probably don't feel compelled to participate in this thread.
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I meant no harm towards other countrys....as a matter of fact I made another post right after this one found Here were I said .....
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How about show us your PRIDE no matter what country your in. I'd like to see some other "Flags"
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Taken shortly after 9/11 when everyone had flags out, tho they shouldn't have a flag out in a storm.
Fireworks are tough and normally I dont like the results but you nailed this one. Very nice!
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
I dont know why its so different. Possibly our convict beginnings have something to do with it.Legislation was passed last year to make it compulsory for schools.
I see the Aboriginal flag more often than the 0z flag.
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
This path featured in the opening scene of "Saving Privat Ryan".
The American Flag at half mast
A few day previously I had stopped at Oradour Sur Glane, a village near Limogues.
You can google for information but briefly, the inhabitants were masaccred by German troops. The french have turned the village into a memorial site.
The Normandy landings, and the horrific loss of life were (without sounding pompous) for a noble reason. I would highly recommend a visit if any of you ever get the opportunity.
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
Omaha Beach looking from the surfline inland. Luckliy I picked a part of the beach where the seawall was still intact. The weather was terrible and it gave some idea of what the GI's faced. It shows how far they had to run to get cover from the machine gun fire.
A (bad) photo of a photograph in the nearby museum showing a landing craft.
A machine gun emplacement
How the emplacement would have looked in 1944. A mockup from the nearby museum.
A view standing on the top of the machine gun emplacement. The field of view / fire is dramatic. It helps to explain the high casualty figures.
overgrown emplacements.
The nearby museum is excellent and is worth a visit. As you know last year was the last time that the Normandy landings will be comemmorated.
Lastly a view from a pillbox overlooking Port en bessoin harbour.
The rest of the photos from the trip are here.
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God Bless America for her diverse and many citizenry who endure hardships in order to improve their daily lives.
These, the chariots of worldly possessions of a throng of homeless men and women who converge each morning at a public park where they find the ability to "bathe" in a toilet. Many then "work" the neighborhoods cleaning up lawns, parking lots and this very park, at all times hoping for a kindly hand-out so they may feed themselves.
Yes, even in America, where a beloved president such as Ronald Reagan was praised for turning thousands of people, many mentally unstable, out into the streets by ending funding for mental care, indigent centers and half-way houses.
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