Thank you to all our veterans, living, beloved, and ancestral for their personal sacrifices that insured the freedoms that we enjoy today. God bless all, and the American families that did without you, and the lives they knew. Thank you to the women who kept the homefires burning: raised the children, worked the factories, hung stars of hope in their windows, lit candles, invented recipes from rationed goods, did without, prayed novenas for the nameless, and walked behind hearses to bury their dead, if remains ever came home to the USA. I will always remember our veterans, and mine back to the Revolutionary War. Thank you Korean War vets; perhaps one day that war will be officially over. Welcome HOME to our Viet Nam vets whether you served by enlistment or draft in this "military action." May you know in your hearts that the protesters were against war, but for getting each of you safely home. Thank you to those who fight and serve at home and in foreign lands now, and to your families. Your sacrifices and worries are beyond my imagination. And, thanks to "The Colonel." I miss you ever day, Dad, especially on this first Veterans' Day since you died. I only regret that you lived for sixty years before you learned from a VN Vet that you battled PTSD your entire adult life. Maybe this will help someone else. If you think Veterans Day is not a genealogical topic...just hit delete. @ 2008 Barb, N of NYC ************** AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/0 4/happy-holidays-from-aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)