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Offline Knoll

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Memorial Day in a small town ... my hometown ... with pictures
« on: June 01, 2015, 12:11:07 pm »
It's been a few years since I was home for Memorial Day.  Glad was able to make this one.




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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2015, 12:20:12 pm »
It's true, there's no place like home!
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2015, 02:01:31 pm »
More ..............

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... alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sproutlands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day .... .  I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing & prayer.  Hank Thoreau, 1857

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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2015, 04:33:20 pm »
That VFW stuff just busts me right up. Nice pics Mike, glad you got a chance to be "home" again.
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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2015, 05:14:00 am »
That is great. Thanks for sharing. :)
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« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2015, 09:41:48 am »
Nice pictures Mike. I'm fortunate to be able to go to my hometown parade and ceremony every year. Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2015, 03:13:53 pm »
Very cool stuff
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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2015, 08:02:04 pm »
I didn't recognize a single person, place, or anything, but it felt just like home to me.  Not enough difference in your parade in your home town from my home town parades in North Dakota where I grew up. 

Sadly, that home town for me only exists in my memory.  The oil patch boom has pretty well fixed that.  I guess that is why I was so moved by your photos.  Small town America is a wonderful thing, a very wonderful thing.
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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2015, 08:12:38 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on June 02, 2015, 08:02:04 pm
Small town America is a wonderful thing, a very wonderful thing.
Amen.
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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2015, 10:30:41 pm »
Great pics Mike. I grew up in a town so small there never was a parade but those pictures remind me of neighboring small towns that were big enough to have parades just like yours.
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2015, 12:33:24 pm »
Is that Bremen Indiana by chance?
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2015, 03:04:03 pm »
Yep. Bremen, IN.
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« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2015, 01:29:01 pm »
I had an uncle that lived just south of there. Lots of good childhood memories in and around Bremen!
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« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2015, 10:33:19 pm »
We all have our big dreams, but actually it doesn't get any better than that. Living among good people is the finest thing there is.

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