Summer is inexorably waning; solstice is but three weeks away. A day set aside to honor those who toil has, like so many, morphed into something else. I shall eschew discussions of agricultural versus industrial or service labor, unions good versus union bad and such. What I ask of you, Dear Readers, is that if you do have this day free from toil, to remember a few who get up today and it is like any other day of work for them. Some are part of some branch of what is referred to as “organized labor,” some are very definitely not. But for all of them, and tens, if not hundreds of thousands like them, today is NOT a day off.
US Marine Patrol
Hotel Staff
Coast Guard on watch
Law Enforcement
Army Foot Patrol Eastern Afghanistan
Health Care Providers
Food Service Workers
Firefighter
Sailors at Sea
Bless them all.
Well said Comjam. Thanks for reminding all of us of the good men and women who are working today on our behalf. And I echo Kris, bless them all.
The country would not run without these people
Ditto Kris, Sarge, & Bill.
Well I got to watch some of Lex’s Buddies today here in Cleveland. As my wife said to me on the way home, “I forgot how thrilling it is to watch the Blue Angles perform”
The most thrilling part for me was to have the planes fly low over my head and be able to read US NAVY on the wings, for me it was like Lex was there.
I have a few photos of Fat Albert and the BAs on my website.
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