On 7/24/2014 8:43 PM, Kalmia wrote:

> As an aside, I was privileged to sing at a series of D-Day
>Commemorative concerts. At the American cemetery at Omaha Beach, we
>sang our planned anthem with hardly a dry eye, BUT when we gazed at
>our flag raised aloft, we broke into our national anthem. We barely
>got the last 'home of the brave' out, we were so overcome with the
>enormity of the sacrifice. I felt I really WAS at the resting place of
>those so young and brave. I hope this doesn't initiate another
>anti->Allies diatribe, but let me tell you, I never before have felt
>so proud to be an American.

Last night I saw a show that wound up going to a cemetery where
Americans slain in battle were buried, in France. It looked like snow,
white crosses as far as the eye could see. What a sacrifice. All
those men ran into battle even though they were being fired on
from both sides and hardly had a chance. So brave.

nancy