Tag Archives: Memorial Day

Long weekend

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

Today starts the three-day Memorial Day weekend, which to most is the start of the summer tourist season and includes camping, hiking, boating, and barbecues. For many families, their focus will be to honor and remember military personnel who died … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

Home of the free because of the brave. Thank you. 🇺🇸 I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

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Flying the flag

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

It’s Memorial Day here in the US. This day has always meant different things to different people ranging from remembering those who served in our Armed Forces to the symbol of the start of the summer season and a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, New England | Tagged Armed Services, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Essential workers, Flag, Flying the flag, Front line workers, Memorial Day, War | 56 Comments

Memorial Day

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

Here in the United States, today is Memorial Day. To many it is a three-day weekend providing opportunities for trips to the beach, picnics, barbecues, camping, or an extra day off from work – all good things. However, the real … Continue reading →

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In the garden

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

I’m wiped out. Boo hoo, I know. 😎 The MG plant sale went off on Sunday even though we had several threats of heavy rain. A little over 1,000 individual plants were sold, and we deposited over $4,000 which will go … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged Container plantings, Dwarf Korean Lilac, Gardening, Memorial Day, No Facilities, Sodium chloride damage, Spring, Supertunia | 53 Comments

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, … Continue reading →

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Long may she wave

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

and long may we remember the sacrifices of so many men and women and their families. On this Memorial Day 2016, I again feel great humility and thank you for your service from the bottom of my heart and soul.

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Remember

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

They came to us as chubby cheeked sons and daughters. We rocked them, taught them to walk and ride a bicycle, helped them with homework and then waved as they went off to fight a war that was supposed to … Continue reading →