Comments on: Home of the Brave! http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/ Insights into my artistic endeavors and other things... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Diane http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-10227 Diane Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:22:46 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-10227 This is really great! Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier. Hope all is well This is really great! Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier. Hope all is well

]]> By: Jennifer http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9813 Jennifer Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:51:54 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9813 Artisan Dad - thank you. And also to my grandfathers, WWII veterans - one, a sniper in the Marines and the other, a guerilla fighter in the Army. It sounds cliche, but freedom is not free - we all owe a debt of gratitude, to be certain. Artisan Dad - thank you.

And also to my grandfathers, WWII veterans - one, a sniper in the Marines and the other, a guerilla fighter in the Army. It sounds cliche, but freedom is not free - we all owe a debt of gratitude, to be certain.

]]> By: Jonathon D. Colman http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9810 Jonathon D. Colman Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:46:04 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9810 A really nice post. Thanks for using my flag photo, Amy! A really nice post. Thanks for using my flag photo, Amy!

]]> By: Artisan Dad http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9808 Artisan Dad Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:25:46 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9808 One of my most fondly remembered 4th of July celebrations was 1976, when you were just a toddler. We were sealed behind two-ton blast doors, some 50 feet underground in a missile control center about 60 miles from Wichita, KS. I was commander of a combat crew and we were on alert for 24 hours. In the afternoon you and Mom drove down and brought a picnic for us to share. I will never forget looking over at you sitting so straight and proud and eating so carefully. I looked past your pigtails and saw the lock on the console where I might have to insert a key and by turning it I'd release the missile and its warheads against those committed to our destruction. It all came together in that moment -- we were celebrating the birth of our country and the virtues that had endured for 200 years; these tedious 24-hour alert tours were my part in helping to deter the enemies from attacking and destroying us; it was my gift to you and your generation so that you could continue to live in freedom too. I don't think anyone noticed the tears in my eyes then. One of my most fondly remembered 4th of July celebrations was 1976, when you were just a toddler. We were sealed behind two-ton blast doors, some 50 feet underground in a missile control center about 60 miles from Wichita, KS. I was commander of a combat crew and we were on alert for 24 hours. In the afternoon you and Mom drove down and brought a picnic for us to share. I will never forget looking over at you sitting so straight and proud and eating so carefully. I looked past your pigtails and saw the lock on the console where I might have to insert a key and by turning it I’d release the missile and its warheads against those committed to our destruction. It all came together in that moment — we were celebrating the birth of our country and the virtues that had endured for 200 years; these tedious 24-hour alert tours were my part in helping to deter the enemies from attacking and destroying us; it was my gift to you and your generation so that you could continue to live in freedom too. I don’t think anyone noticed the tears in my eyes then.

]]> By: Karen http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9805 Karen Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:32:10 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9805 What a lovely post. Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July holiday!! What a lovely post. Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July holiday!!

]]> By: Erin http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9774 Erin Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:19:01 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9774 What a great tribute! Happy 4th! What a great tribute! Happy 4th!

]]> By: Zarah http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9759 Zarah Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:43:54 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/07/04/home-of-the-brave/#comment-9759 Happy 4th of July! Happy 4th of July!

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