Thursday!
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
We have split up the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone in IAN to do daily diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
Now that things are more settled, we are asking for additional IAN readers to write diaries. Any day would be available, and any weekly commitment would be welcomed!
We are looking for next Tuesday, June 11th for sure! Please let us know when you can write and we will make it happen!
If you'd like to be part of the Itzl Alert Network, please leave a comment asking to join, or send us a message asking to join. We'd love to have you. The bigger our network, the less likely someone will be stranded all alone.
June 6, 1944 was a proud day for American patriots, and a sad day for so many individual families. My grandmother refused to let my dad quit high school and enter the service; he still had another year before he could graduate. When he was finally done, he joined the Navy just as the war was ending. He served in the Pacific theater, and acquired some interesting tattoos in Hawaii as a "too young to know better" sailor. My grandmother was relieved that he was doing post-war duty, and encouraged both of her other sons to serve in the Navy as well.
I believe it is our duty to honor those who risked so much to defend the rest of the world from tyranny. Remembering and respecting our "greatest generation" soldiers on D-Day, for the monumental effort and risks they took during the European campaign remains the right thing to do.
This is the link to the national D-Day Memorial in Virginia. It is here to tell the story of the planning it took to fool the German Army so we could land on the beaches of northern France, prevent the enemy from mounting a defense and thus gain a base to begin the liberation of Europe.
http://www.dday.org/
In our community, there are breakfasts and lunches provided to WW II vets on D-Day. Is D-Day still recognized in some way where you live?