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!
DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS?
I would bet 9 out of 10 Catholics have never heard his name.
This man voluntarily walked into a Nazi concentration camp.
He was not arrested.
Not forced.
Not captured.
He chose to enter.
When the Nazis questioned him, he answered:
“I am a priest. I go where my people go.”
For 3 years inside Dachau, Father Jean Bernard ministered to prisoners surrounded by death.
He heard confessions in secret.
He gave last rites to the dying.
He buried the dead with his bare hands.
The guards beat him for praying out loud.
He never stopped.
While millions know the names of dictators and murderers, almost nobody knows the priest who walked willingly into hell just to stay beside suffering souls.
His name was Father Jean Bernard.
And every Catholic school should know it.
Drop ✝️ if you think this priest’s courage should never be forgotten.
Snoop Dogg has officially called for a major cultural shift in the United States, proposing that more national attention and funding be directed toward honoring military veterans and community heroes instead of expanding Pride Month celebrations. According to the legendary rapper, America should place greater focus on the people who sacrificed their lives, protected the nation, and quietly served their communities for decades.
The controversial statement immediately sparked fierce backlash online and ignited a nationwide debate across social media and television. But Snoop Dogg didn’t stop there. He followed up with an even more powerful message about patriotism, unity, and forgotten American values — a statement so unexpected that it left millions of fans and critics completely stunned, pushing the media storm to an entirely new level.
@EvidenceOfFaith@father_rmv Nope. We Micks enjoy & have faith in our catholic tradition & the teaching of the 12 apostles. So we believe different from the Reformers, thank you.
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President Donald Trump defended the rising costs for the White House ballroom, but noted that the project is still coming in under budget.
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@EricLDaugh He's a musim so he's trying to destroy America from the inside. Remember liberalism feeds the Islamic invasion. It's called suicidal empathy.
Gospel of the Day (John 10,1-10)
Jesus said: "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.
But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice.
But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers."
Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them.
So Jesus said again, "Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep.
All who came (before me) are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.
A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly."
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