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Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
I remember, as a young child, in the late sixties, doing this. I was from a small town in southwestern Pennslvania where tradition still ran strong. Sadly, I don't think that we Americans do this any longer, even in the remotest of regions, to the best of my knowledge.
Veterans day has become about "White Sales" at J.C Penney's.
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I was at Arlington National Cemetery for Veteran's Day 2002. It was raining, windy, miserable- and one of the prouder moments in my young life.
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