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Service To The Nation — Veterans

Big Red Car — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:57:47 +0000

If you are of a certain age, your life was ordered by the draft. If you are younger — the vast majority of those reading this are — or a woman, you have no idea what that means. That is not intended to be judgmental. If you were of that age and avoided the draft […]

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Veterans Day Remembered

Big Red Car — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:33:38 +0000

Today is special to me for three reasons: 1. Veterans Day – I am from a military family and I was a professional soldier as a young man; 2. The founding date in 1839 of my beloved alma mater, the Virginia Military Institute; and, 3. The founding date also in 1839 of the city of […]

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Veterans Day 2021

Big Red Car — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:46:25 +0000

Respect to all veterans on Veterans Day! “I, Jeffrey L Minch, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation […]

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Honor and Observe v Celebrate Memorial Day

Big Red Car — Fri, 28 May 2021 22:02:02 +0000

Monday is Memorial Day, the day upon which we honor and observe, not celebrate, those who lost their lives in service to the Nation in the military during wartime. As a Nation, we ponder with solemnity the sacrifice these men and women made in service to the Nation. We have three related days pertinent to […]

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Send Me

Big Red Car — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 20:35:15 +0000

Big Red Car here on a rainy Austin By God Texas day, a Veterans Day. Today in church, the minister asked veterans to rise and he had some kind words for all of us veterans. It brought to mind Isaiah 6:8: Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and […]

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Veterans Day, A New Beginning

Big Red Car — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:01:26 +0000

Veterans Day after Election Day feels a little different to me. The Boss is a veteran as were both of his parents. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute — a hard place to be but a good place to be from. Every veteran in America is in a better position today than […]

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Happy Veteran’s Day, Happy VMI Founder’s Day

Big Red Car — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:51:29 +0000

Big Red Car here on a grayish and muggy Veteran’s Day in the ATX. There are three things about 11 November that are important. First, it is Veteran’s Day. Second, Virginia Military Institute and Austin, Texas were both founded on 11 Novemberr 1839. That is the trifecta! The Boss is a veteran and his mother […]

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Veterans Day

Big Red Car — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:09:36 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss is on the road again and is attending the Veterans Day parade in New York City while me and the housesitter are having our own little celebration. And why not? The Boss has a funny view of things as it relates to being a Veteran. His Father, his Mother […]

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Veterans Day 2013

Big Red Car — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:20:11 +0000

Big Red Car here. Oh what a beautiful crisp day in the ATX. Here’s wishing thanks, good luck and Godspeed to all of our Veterans on Veterans Day. Well, The Boss is a Veteran — Combat Engineer — as is his Mother (WAC) and his Father (Combat Infantryman). His Dad is still going strong at […]

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