Veterans Day Seattle 2017

This morning in Seattle Evergreen Washelli hosted its fabulous annual tribute to veterans. It is quite a sight to see flags all over the cemetery, color guards, and veterans of all wars. When they asked any World War II veterans to stand or wave to be recognized, two stood up. Perhaps there were more, but each […]

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Veterans Day in Seattle 2014

Every Veterans Day, November 11th, at the Evergreen Washelli Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Seattle, we celebrate our veterans with a formal ceremony. You might remember last year’s photos. Here are a few from this year, which was not quite as well attended. We should be fighting for space at such events, people! Sure, there was […]

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Raise It Up! Sing Along!

This Saturday, June 14th, 2014, is Flag Day. This is the day we Americans celebrate the adoption of our national flag on June 14th, 1777. Until the latter part of the 19th century, we didn’t have a separate day celebrating our beloved banner. As a matter a fact, it wasn’t until the summer of 1949 […]

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