Memorial Day

    In Memoriam

    By: GreyCloak (Diary)  |  May 27th at 05:14 AM  | 

    I see too many political posts, this weekend.  I won’t make it to Preston, Iowa, this year.  There, the flags of Veterans hang in glory, along both sides of the single cemetery driveway.  Those flags were given to dozens of families over many years, and donated to the local VFW that my Grandfather helped found.  Every Memorial Day, they fly proudly over the prairie, and | Read More »

    In Memoriam — for This Is The Day

    By: GreyCloak (Diary)  |  May 31st at 07:57 AM  | 

    My challenge today is to name all the ancestors and relatives who have served and sometimes died in the cause of America’s freedom. It is a challenge I present to all of Redstate. It is a challenge to myself, and I have failed. I do not know everybody in my family that has served or died in America’s cause. My wife and I share Revolutionary | Read More »