Beautifully shot and rendered, Stan. Jack
--- On Tue, 5/31/11, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stan Halpin <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO: small-town parade > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 7:38 PM > A quick gallery from yesterday's > Memorial Day parade here in my new home town. It took just > short of an hour for it all to pass by - the gallery is to > give a flavor of the event. > > I found the whole experience a bit off-putting. Memorial > Day grew out of somewhat organized moves by the Grand Army > of the Republic (i.e., the Union Army) to recognize the dead > from the failed Southern insurrection. The South would have > none of it, but organized their own separate recognition for > dead Confederate soldiers. Eventually pretty much everybody > agreed that a national holiday for the purpose of > remembering and commemorating the dead from all of the > country's wars would be appropriate. My family tradition was > to go on Memorial Day to put flags and flowers on the graves > of family members who had died in military service, which is > the original way the holiday was celebrated. Somehow when I > wasn't looking the whole thing has morphed out of all > recognition, with concerts on the National Mall and > politicians mouthing platitudes about those who serve and > parades with people in funny hats and collectable old cars. > What was originally Armistice Day (end of WWI) and morphed > into Veterans Day in this country is a time for honoring all > those who serve; isn't that enough? Do we have to intrude on > this day of remembrance for those who died? > > Philosophical mutterings aside, the parade was a decent > representation of hundreds of small-town parades put on for > a variety of reasons (or for no reason at all) throughout > the country throughout the year. I hope this gallery gives a > bit of the flavor of the event . . . > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p463991366 > > stan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
