On this date in 1984, U.S. President Reagan led a funeral in Arlington National Cemetery for an unidentified U.S. soldier who had been killed in the U.S.-Vietnam War.
my e-mail to the News Herald – I’ll see if it’s printed in the Monday newspaper.
Rather than simply fly our national flag from a pole, as is customary and approved, year after year,
the City of Springfield, Florida drapes dozens (hundreds?) of miniature flags on grass, weeds, sand and morning dew in traffic medians of Tyndall Parkway/U.S. route 98.
They are blown by wind and gusts from passing traffic and tilt forlornly 24 hours daily, even in darkness, for four days. Last year they were rained upon.
This is saddening and maddening to military veterans. Must this be repeated year after year?
Does anyone wonder why other cities don’t plant hundreds of miniature flags amidst weeds and litter? more →
I really enjoy driving amidst bay County’s drunks after 11 p.m. really, I do. I am so glad that the police departments of the City of Springfield, the City of Callaway, the City pf Parker, and Bay County Sheriff’s Department aren’t patrolling on Friday night of a three-day weekend. I saw so much idiocy on the road that I would bet I was sharing Tyndall Parkway/U.S. 98 with seven intoxicated drivers – at least six inebriated idiot drivers.
I just love Bay County. Really, I do.
The City of Springfield bought dozens (hundreds?) of miniature U.S. flags and paid employees to plant them in the Tyndall Parkway/U.S. 98/15 Street median.
Sad.
I should’ve written an open letter to the News Herald in 2010 or 2011 decrying the misuse of our national flag as a lawn ornament. I should write now and e-mail to the News Herald.
FSUPC- Quite Smoking Now! Free Class!
Hello Students,
A 6 week free Quite Smoking Now class will begin at FSU PC on Thursday,
May 24th from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. The class is open to all students as
well as community members. All participants will receive FREE Nicotine
Replacement Therapy. If you or someone you know is interested, please
call Claire Calohan at 850-770-__0.
(That is text of e-mail sent to more than one thousand university students.)
Happy birthday to Indy Lights/IndyCar team owner Bryan Herta!
On May 21, 1927, American aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh landed his airplane, Spirit of Saint Louis, near Paris, completing the first-ever solo, nonstop airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
