By Brig. Gen. Maria L. Britt
Commanding General, Georgia Army National Guard
Memorial Day is for honoring, remembering and celebrating America’s departed Soldiers and all of her service members. Truly, this is a time to set aside the cares of the world and worries of the future – a time to look back in gratefulness and bring briefly to living memory the fallen heroes of our country: the men and women whose service and sacrifice have kept America safe and free.
Comments
Tue, May 21, 2013 - 03:56 PM
Well done and well deserved Jonathan. You have served Pike County with pride and determination. You should apply f [...]
Tue, May 14, 2013 - 02:16 PM
It IS disturbing and a picture is worth a thousand words. Pike needs animal control.
Tue, May 14, 2013 - 01:40 PM
Three horses owned by this family have been attacked by dogs - only one was killed. I did not use the graphic pict [...]
Tue, May 14, 2013 - 10:57 AM
This picture of the dead horse is pretty disturbing. Why did you find it necessary to post that? The story is incr [...]
Mon, May 13, 2013 - 09:30 AM
I agree. I live on Melville Brown Rd and over the years have had to deal with abandoned animals. I am fed up. I ha [...]
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One sunny day in January, 2013 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama."
The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer president and
no longer resides here. "The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.
The following day the same man approached the White House and said to the same
Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama. "The Marine again told
the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no longer president and no longer
resides here." The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
The third day the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same
US Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama. "The Marine,
understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the
third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Obama. I've told you
already that Mr. Obama is no longer the president and no longer resides here.
Don't you understand?"
The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."