Veterans Day

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/11/2015 at 09:35 • Filed to: veterans day

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Margin Of Error > ttyymmnn 11/11/2015 at 09:52

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McMike > ttyymmnn 11/11/2015 at 09:56

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Yup. Thanks, Dad.

ttyymmnn > McMike 11/11/2015 at 10:01

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The headstone of Col Clarence W. Dilworth is my father-in-law. He enlisted in the USMC and went to Korea, then came out and got a degree and re-entered as an officer. He did two tours in Vietnam, earned the Bronze Star with V, and retired a full colonel. Heck of a guy. The photo of the three women at Arlington was taken last summer, when my mother-in-law was buried in the same plot. The way I figure it, the families of service members also serve.

McMike > ttyymmnn 11/11/2015 at 10:06

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BRB, going to go change the furnace filter.

Goddamn dust.

X37.9XXS > ttyymmnn 11/11/2015 at 10:11

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Because today is also Remembrance Day

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > ttyymmnn 11/11/2015 at 10:44

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I went to Arlington this summer. Truly awe-inspiring place.

ttyymmnn > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 11/11/2015 at 10:47

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It really is. I could spend an entire day or more photographing it.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > ttyymmnn 11/11/2015 at 10:53

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Same here.

I don’t really cry for anything, and I nearly cried at Arlington. Really spectacular.

ttyymmnn > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 11/11/2015 at 11:07

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Back in 2014, we made a family trip to DC, and we took our three boys (now aged 10, 10 and 13) to the National Archives, where we saw the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The next day, we went to Arlington to see their grandfather’s headstone (the Col Dilworth in the photos above). Standing together on a hilltop overlooking a sea of white headstones, I took a moment to explain to our boys that all of the white markers they saw were people who served or died to protect all the freedoms marked out in the documents we had seen the day before, that we can worship as we choose and have the freedom to speak our mind today because of the service and sacrifice of all these people. I admit I got a lump in my throat explaining that to them, and I hope it made an impression.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > ttyymmnn 11/11/2015 at 17:07

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That’s damn good of you. Shame more people don’t have the opportunity your boys had.

Great post, by the way, the photography is spectacular. Arlington is truly hallowed ground, and I’ve discovered I have more connections than I realized there. In addition to a grandfather and friends buried there, my brother-in-law served on the Honor Guard for 2 years after his return from Iraq. I also more recently discovered that I have a distant relative on the Pan-Am 103 memorial. I didn’t even know about him until my wife started working that case.

ttyymmnn > Snuze: Needs another Swede 11/11/2015 at 17:21

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Thank you. Arlington is a truly hallowed place, and all Americans should see it at least once in their lifetime.