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No other country has a cemetery here, but we have cemeteries there.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 3:38 pm
And most of our current leaders don't give a damn what all those men and women died for.
They are trashing everything.
They are trashing everything.
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 4:26 pm
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 3:47 pm to loogaroo
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No other country has a cemetery here, but we have cemeteries there.
It may or may not have something to do with the fact that no other country has expended tens or hundreds of thousands of lives fighting wars on our soil for our benefit.
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And no one gives a damn anymore.
I also don't believe this is true. France, Belgium, and the Netherlands are pretty serious about maintaining the US cemeteries located there.
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 3:48 pm to loogaroo
Aren't there a bunch of dead limeys in Chalmette?
Posted on 4/17/24 at 3:58 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Aren't there a bunch of dead limeys in Chalmette?
No, one British sailor.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:00 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Aren't there a bunch of dead limeys in Chalmette?
The ol' gator cannon did them in.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:04 pm to loogaroo
What prompted this? 
As sort of alluded above, we haven't had an invading force on our soil (officially) in over 200 years. I'm not sure what you might expect, or what this melt? is about.
As sort of alluded above, we haven't had an invading force on our soil (officially) in over 200 years. I'm not sure what you might expect, or what this melt? is about.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:05 pm to auggie
Bucket list of mine is the war cemeteries and battlefields of France and Belgium from the Western Front of WWI.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:12 pm to LSUbest
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No, one British sailor.
Worth noting that he's from WW2, not the Battle of New Orleans
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:15 pm to loogaroo
I’ve been to Normandy a couple times
And that’s so far from the truth
…. But your the victim I guess
And that’s so far from the truth
…. But your the victim I guess
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:17 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Bucket list of mine is the war cemeteries and battlefields of France and Belgium from the Western Front of WWI.
my list includes seeing the changing of the colors at Lafayette’s tomb in Paris. I think it’s important to continue rituals like that for the West’s collective sense of itself
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:19 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Went to the one in Luxembourg in 2019 where Patton is buried. Pretty impactful and beautifully maintained.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:22 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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What prompted this?
As sort of alluded above, we haven't had an invading force on our soil (officially) in over 200 years. I'm not sure what you might expect, or what this melt? is about.
The money we are about to light on fire in Ukraine and the way our leaders are trashing our constitution.
Pretty much everything political right now.
No one gives a shite how many people died to give us what we have/had.
Yes it was a melt.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:23 pm to Tmcgin
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I’ve been to Normandy a couple times
And that’s so far from the truth
…. But your the victim I guess
What country have we given land to here for a cemetery?
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:27 pm to loogaroo
Cemeteries might be the most irrelavent wasteful etc use of land and resources on Earth.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:27 pm to loogaroo
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And no one gives a damn anymore.
Yeah, this is bullshite. You should travel more.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:32 pm to WinnPtiger
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my list includes seeing the changing of the colors at Lafayette’s tomb in Paris. I think it’s important to continue rituals like that for the West’s collective sense of itself
At the Somme, you can trace the old trench lines by the cemeteries dotting the farmland. Some have just a few soldiers, others tens of thousands.
I have a bizarre, dark fixation with WWI.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:33 pm to WinnPtiger
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my list includes seeing the changing of the colors at Lafayette’s tomb in Paris. I think it’s important to continue rituals like that for the West’s collective sense of itself
Same.
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On 4 July 1917, three months after the United States entered World War I on the side of France and her Allies, U.S. Army Colonel Charles E. Stanton visited the General's tomb. Col. Stanton placed an American flag, uttering the famous phrase: "Lafayette, we are here."
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America has joined forces with the Allied Powers, and what we have of blood and treasure are yours. Therefore it is that with loving pride we drape the colors in tribute of respect to this citizen of your great republic. And here and now, in the presence of the illustrious dead, we pledge our hearts and our honor in carrying this war to a successful issue. Lafayette, we are here.
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:58 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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Yeah, this is bullshite. You should travel more
I'm talking about our current leaders. I've been to several in Europe. They are very appreciative. More so than just about any current member of this congress and administration.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:20 pm to loogaroo
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:27 pm to loogaroo
There's a multitude of British war cemeteries the USA
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