City - My room, above it all State - IN SEATONVILLE, ILLINOIS Country - United States
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There are things around the world what make sense only for those in that part of the world. Here is one. Way back in WW II, the concept of service stars emerged. It is a simple thing… look in the window of a house. See a banner… see a star. A blue star means, “There is a person in the family serving in the war.” Two blue stars means, “There are 2 members of this family serving in a/the war.” Three blue stars…. Well, if you are smart enough to get that… you are clever enough to read on…. MM does not like to waste money. She found this Service Star banner and dropped down coin of the realm… then free-handed (drew a star) to show we have 2 members of our family serving in a war. She purchased a banner showing one (Nathan) was in the war… then drew a second star (to avoid paying for a second flag) to show the world Eli, our third child and only daughter also volunteered for the effort. Here is an amusing side-note. I told MM there was another version of this service flag. The next step had a Gold star in the window. MM shot back, “I want one of those.” Thinking “gold” equaled service. I calmed her down and said, “A gold star is for those families who have lost a loved one. The gold star denotes those who have died in service.” MM settled for one blue star printed and one blue star hand-drawn. Yes. My children, 2 of them, have marched off to give their all (if needed) for this country. Carbon Leaf (one of my favorite bands) has a song titled, “The War Was in Color.” One line sings, “In a window back home… a blue star is traded for gold.” My bit of history and such to share. Nathan and Elizabeth. Two names, one blue star each.
Ya know what? Reading back over this (I wrote it when I was tired and just before I went to bed) this is one pretty darned good bit of photo/writing/sharing. Thaks for taking the time to muddle through it.
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