Memorial Day 2012 – Give thanks to those who paid the price for our freedoms

Give thanks

The nearest Memorial Day Commemoration is in Oakland’s Mountain View Cemetery.  There will be a tour afterwards.

http://www.mountainviewcemeter…

There’s a remembrance at the USS Hornet.

http://www.uss-hornet.org/

The Presidio and Golden Gate National Cemetery are always moving.

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http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nch…

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And from our greatest generation.

My mother was a “Millie The Machinist” she worked on a lathe during World War II and made planes.  Her paycheck:

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