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2013-11-13 Britain

Hundreds of Strangers Show Up to Funeral of Vet Without Family

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-11-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 'The Fighters are our salvation, but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory' WINSTON CHURCHILL, 3 SEPTEMBER 1940.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-11-13 07:31|| 2013-11-13 07:31|| Front Page Top

#2 I doubt but a small fraction of that kind of number will show up at Justin Doolittle's funeral.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-11-13 10:28|| 2013-11-13 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 This was a very sweet thing.

Posted by newc 2013-11-13 10:59|| 2013-11-13 10:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The Yahoo article does not do it justice. Lots of troops showed too.

Posted by newc 2013-11-13 11:05|| 2013-11-13 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 ...here's something a little more nouveau US of A (linked):

School board says no to daily Pledge of Allegiance, denying pleas from veterans

Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-11-13 14:13|| 2013-11-13 14:13|| Front Page Top

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