POW AND MIA TRIBUTE
So I have made a new blog, new name, new adventures. I am so honored to have this blog be my first one. Tonight when I dropped off Ian at work I drove by our flag spot where retreat happens everyday at 430 PM. I drove by at 1030 PM and my eyes filled up with water as I rolled the window down to see what these servicemen were doing outside by a totempole. Guess what they were doing and what they do every year!! Every year many servicemen volunteer to get the honor to call out names of the prisoners of war and the missing in action servicemen. It goes on for 24 hours which started today at 430 PM. They sit outside and take turns for 24 hours calling out names of our heros. This will go on until tomorrow's retreat at 430 in the afternoon. If they take time out of their sleep after working all day I can certainly stay up to blog about this beautiful event. I love it so much I wish they would say it over the intercom so everyone could hear it. I am going to ask Ian if he wants to do it next year. I would love to volunteer as well. Sometimes I forget what I am apart of but it is things like this that remind me that I a married a hero and give respect and my prayers to the POW's and the MIA's. My heart goes out to the friends and families and I know this event means so much to them. Now every year I will make sure I can listen to the heros that have kept our country safe and also the current and future servicemen that are keeping us safe today.
I DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE YET BUT I WILL TOMORROW, I JUST HAD TO WRITE ABOUT IT TONIGHT!!!
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