This is why I love living in rural Indiana. Out here, a farm can set fresh sweet corn by the road, leave a handwritten sign that says “Take what you want, leave the money in the jar,” and trust folks to do the right thing.
It may seem like a small thing, but it says a lot about this place, hardworking farmers, neighbors who still look out for one another, and a kind of honesty that hasn’t disappeared. Fresh corn, an old coffee can for change, and faith in people, rural Indiana at its finest 🙏
A Hoosier father pleads for your help finding a stolen backpack that is beyond meaningful to him.
2AM Thursday morning in the Southern Plaza area specifically Meridian and Sumner someone stole a backpack from a truck in the driveway of Aaron Norris
The backpack was a gift from Aaron's two sons 5 years ago for Father's Day. It was the last Father's Day Aaron spent with his oldest son Austin James "AJ" Norris. AJ was killed in a car crash at the age of 16 a few months later in the Center Grove area.
Aaron told me, "For this reason that bag holds a very special place in my heart. I’m trying to do anything I can to put the word out and possibly recover this bag. I don’t care about the valuables inside as they can easily be replaced but that last gift from my boys cannot. I have attached a picture of what the bag looked like for reference. If you have the time to help in any way possible i would greatly appreciate it."
Take a look. If you see this bag, please reach out to me. If you stole it or know who did I have an attorney willing to represent you and give you attorney client privilege.
Find a way to anonymously reach out to someone and get me the info so I can help him get his backpack back.
Or if you live in that area and you have a RING camera, can you take a look and see if you see anyone breaking into vehicles in the area?
Will you share?
I could sit back and listen to @JaynesMar call the finish of the #110th#Indy500 over, and over. THAT CALL WILL BECOME LEGENDARY. Thank you and all of #Indycarradio for th4 amazing eprk!
When they were just 19 years old, they fought at Iwo Jima. Now Billy Byrd (100) and Don Graves (101) are serving as Honorary Grand Marshals for the National Memorial Day Parade and started cracking jokes with each other when they arrived at the airport
This Memorial Day weekend, remember the two greatest sacrifices ever made for mankind.
One carried the cross.
The other carried the flag.
One died for your soul.
The other died for your freedom.
May we never take either for granted. Amen!
Remember the guy who wouldn't take the flag pole down on his Virginia property awhile back? You might remember the news story several months ago about a crotchety old man in Virginia who defied his local Homeowners Association and refused to take down the flag pole on his property along with the large American flag he flew on it.
Now we learn who that old man was. On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg, Texas . That probably didn't make news back then.
But twenty five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Cyrano, Italy, That same Van T. Barfoot, who had in 1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army, set out alone to flank German machine gun positions from which gunfire was raining down on his fellow soldiers. His advance took him through a minefield but having done so, he proceeded to single-handedly take out three enemy machine gun positions, returning with 17 prisoners of war.
And if that weren’t enough for a day's work, he later took on and destroyed three German tanks sent to retake the machine gun positions.
That probably didn’t make much news either, given the scope of the war, but it did earn Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a Colonel after also serving In Korea and Vietnam , a well deserved Congressional Medal of Honor.
What did make news was his Neighborhood Association's quibble with how the 90-year-old Veteran chose to fly the American flag outside his suburban Virginia home. Seems the HOA rules said it was OK to fly a flag on a house-mounted bracket, but, for decorum, items such as Barfoot's 21-foot flagpole were "unsuitable."
Van Barfoot had been denied a permit for the pole, but erected it anyway and was facing Court action unless he agreed to take it down.
Then the HOA story made national TV, and the Neighborhood Association rethought its position and agreed to indulge this
aging hero who dwelt among them.
"In the time I have left", he said to the Associated Press, "I plan to continue to fly the American flag without interference."
As well he should. And if any of his neighbors had taken a notion to contest him further, they might have done well to read his Medal of Honor citation first. Seems it Indicates Mr. Van Barfoot wasn't particularly good at backing down.
If you've read this post and don't share it, - Guess what -You need your butt kicked. I share this with you because I don't want MY butt kicked anymore and I'm tired of seeing those who hate our country yet march in our streets, tear down our statues, burn our stores and loot our businesses have a free hand to do whatever they want.
WE ONLY LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! AND, BECAUSE OF BRAVE OLD MEN LIKE VAN BARFOOT!
🇺🇸 Just in case you forgot why you have a three-day weekend…
This is it.
Not the barbecues. Not the beach trips. Not the sales.
This is the reason.
The folded flag. The final salute. The ultimate sacrifice so the rest of us could be free.
This Memorial Day, we honor the fallen.
We remember their names. And we never take this freedom for granted.
Here's some ground rules for this coming weekend:
1. Don't wish me a Happy Memorial day. There is nothing happy about brave men and women dying.
2. It's not a holiday. It's a remembrance.
3. If you want to know the true meaning, visit Arlington or your local VA, not freaking Disney.
4. Don't tell me how great any one political power is. Tell me about Chesty Puller, George Patton, John Basilone, Dakota Meyer, Kyle Carpenter, Mitchell Paige, Ira Hayes, Chris Kyle and any other heroes too numerous to name. Attend a Bell Ceremony and shed some tears.
5. Don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about. I have carried the burden all too many times for my warriors who now stand their post for God.
6. Say a prayer... and then another.
7. Remember the Fallen for all the Good they did while they were here.
8. Reach out and let a Vet know you're there, we're losing too many in "peace".
Carry on! 🇺🇸 🙏- Johnny Cadillac
"This soldier was saying his final goodbye to his loyal K-9 partner and best friend. The moment he fell from his chair just to hold his paw one last time absolutely shattered me. This is the unbreakable bond between a warrior and his dog. They've been through so much together. My heart completely breaks for him. A true hero's farewell."
This Wilford Brimley “America Made the Indy 500” piece from the 2013 Indy 500 has always stuck with me. It’s just soooooo spectacularly well written. Give it a watch if you’ve never seen it or if it’s been awhile.
🇺🇸 #Indy500#Indycar