Pentagon postpones Trump's military parade

[Benton]

(08-17-2018, 11:12 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Glad POTUS listened to reason on this. Most Military communities hold annual events to "Salute the Troops" in their local area. No need for a Nationalistic show of force. Of course my opinion may be different if I lived in an area than has zero interaction with our Military. I might want to seen some thing I've never seen before.

I live in a small town, but I like what we do. Every year for about 18 years now, there's a family that organizes a veteran's luncheon. The lady who started it was a teacher. She would have her kids present flags, sing the anthem and usually give a really brief reading. Then lunch.

All volunteer. Takes about 30 people and two days of cooking for an hour long lunch. But it draws in 300-400 hundred veterans (and their spouses) from across the region and lets them know they are appreciated.

No giant parade, no grandstanding. If a politician shows up, no politicking.