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I turned away from my 90 year old Father to talk to a friend in the waiting crowd.
When I turned back, moments later, I saw only his abandoned walker.
A security guard noticed my confusion…“May I help you, miss? You look puzzled.”
“Mmmm… thank you, I’m just looking for my father. We came in together a moment ago, but he seems to have wandered off.”
I was startled from my search for him when a percussion of horns and drums inspired the quiet crowd into a roar!
The marching bands tread accompanied a rousing version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
The Memorial Day Parade had started!
My eyes widened when I saw my Father, leading the band proudly, age-spotted hands steadily holding the flagpole displaying our American Flag.
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I share with you this quote by Arthur Ashe in honor of Memorial Day. “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”
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