Reply #52: Thanks guys,

[AnneD]

really wish you could have been there-daughter rates it as one of our most fun road trips ever. It had a genuine 60's feel to it. Met some DU'ers, some Gold Star mom's (now there is an honour you don't want), some business people (they say their business doesn't reflect the rosy picture being painted), students (HUMMM, how did my daughter wind up with their numbers),a bride to be (in the afternoon), farmers in bib overalls, and veterans, tons of veterans. I worked in the medic area with a great group of mainly cool guys. I manned the hydration station-but I triaged the incoming, and occasionally treated the pediatric pts. Met folks from Washington state, San Fancisco Ca, Baltimore Md,and all points in between. The part that I had a really hard time with was the service and the placing of the roses on the crosses. Rev. Al Sharpton gave a wonderful speech, he IS a great orator. I wiped more than a few tears away when they brought out hundreds of roses to lay on the crosses. Really wish you could have been there.