about Clay Bennett...
The son of a career army officer, Bennett led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1980 from the University of North Alabama with degrees in Art and History. After brief stints as a staff artist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Fayetteville (NC) Times, he went on to serve as the editorial cartoonist for the St. Petersburg Times (1981-1994) and The Christian Science Monitor (1997-2007), before joining the staff of the ...
The greatest honor....let us set aside part of this Memorial Day for the purpose it was intended, to honor and remember those from all our wars and conflicts who have given the ultimate sacrifice to secure our freedom.
My Heroes!
Thank you for your time and contributions, Woody
Very nice twist on the Iwo Jima image, Clay. A fitting tribute this Memorial Day.
Again, not one single word in the cartoon. Amazing.
There is not a person I know who does not respect the service any man or women has given to this country but given these times and this day of remembrance Iraq and those who put us there has got to be part of the picture.
4,299 U.S. Deaths in Iraq to date. To all those who supported the GWB's War today is a special reminder... WAR IS NOT PEACE FREEDOM IS NOT SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH AND TORTURE IS NOT RELIEF
Thank you to all Veterans past and present for your service and sacrifices and may the future for those who are serving abroad in this theater called Iraq and Afghanistan be able to return home very soon. That is my hope but the reality at this time is that many more graves will be dug for the casualties of this debacle.
Sending our troops to fight an unjustified war is tragic indeed. The sacrifice made by those troops, however, should never be diminished by the failings of those who sent them.
Thanks to one and all, who have fought for our country... despite our leaders.
Nicely done, Clay!
Clay, you covered a topic that we can all agree on.
This was not exactly your typical pot-stirrer, but I guess we all can use a holidy.
At risk of stirring the pot myself, I'd also like to thank other folks aside from our fine soldiers who have defended freedom. I'm talking about those who have risked their lives and personal safety for the freedoms we now take for granted.... those who promoted civil rights, from magna carta to equal rights... THANK YOU ALL!
Perfect!
Too bad there was no way to fit in the Revolutionary War Hero. But that would have distroyed the borrowed and cleverly done effect!
A few months ago I finished a non-fiction book by a Revolutionary War foot soldier. I'll have to read it again. (borrowed from a friend.) As usual, I've fogotten the name and author. Sorry!
Endless slogging, marching, starving, wounds, etc. And he re-upped, as I remember.
We await a similar cartoon next Decoration Day, 26 April, Clay.
There is considerable evidence that Southern women started and later established the tradition of decorating graves of war dead with flowers on that day in memory of them. All of the graves.
Those ignored dead -- true Americans all -- also died for something in which they deeply believed. It seems the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution died with them...
Maybe we will even see the grass cut and brush removed from their main burial ground in Chattanooga. American soldiers who died in battle while fighting for American ideals deserve better than their present lot.
For those unaware of it, the cemetery is on or borders University property not far from the National Cemetery.
In closing, here is a quote from http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html It makes a good read and well explains the tradition and associated ones.
"It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all."
I found the name of the book!
Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier: The Narrative of Joseph Plumb Martin (Dover Value Editions) (Paperback) (Amazon)
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