{"id":1733,"date":"2008-05-23T21:32:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-24T01:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2008-05-23T22:56:20","modified_gmt":"2008-05-24T02:56:20","slug":"memorial-day-weekend-at-walter-reed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1733","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Weekend at Walter Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I started my Memorial Day Weekend at my favorite place with my favorite people – the weekly Friday FReep at Walter Reed to welcome the wounded soldiers back from the war. The last time I was there was back on their 3rd Anniversary<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

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The FReepers and Protest Warriors still own all four corners at front gate where the troops arrive since Concrete Bob discovered the Code Pink crowd lost their permit.<\/p>\n

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The Code Pink contingent has been forced to hold their protests about 100 yards from the gate, in the middle of the block;<\/p>\n

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At least their flags are right-side up for a change.<\/p>\n

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The usual more signs than moonbats dilemma;<\/p>\n

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A good friend to this blog from the very beginning – Tom the Redhunter<\/a> just back from Israel;<\/p>\n

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I’m always surprised at the amount of support these guys get in the heart of Northwest DC – not a bastion of Conservatism but, apparently filled with Americans. Here’s a video so you can see what it feels like;<\/p>\n

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I love the girl in the video – she’s always so full of energy. While I was filming the corner, a pedestrian stopped and told her how he missed her on Friday nights when she’s not there. She told me that some troops returning from Iraq had mentioned to her that they recognized her from the video I shot in March and put on YouTube and Google.<\/p>\n

A few soldiers who work at Walter Reed stopped by and thanked the FReepers for being out there. Just as I walked up, one of the FReepers was autographing a sign for the father of a wounded soldier who had driven down to see his son from Illinois. He was so grateful for the support in front of the hospital, he asked for an autograph and a sign.<\/p>\n

It only takes a few stories like that to keep those folks coming back – every week.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned here this weekend as I plan to cover a lot of the Memorial Day events in the Nation’s Capitol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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