I am Proud to be an American

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... and the son of a World War II Army Combat Infantry Veteran...

  • Support our Veterans
  • Learn & Know Your Constitution
  • Be Ready to defend Your Country against Harm
  • Never Dishonor the Flag
  • Have Gratitude toward those that served to Protect Your Freedom(s)
  • Demonstrate Patriotism to Others
  • Acknowledge there are Those who Plan to take away Your Freedom(s)
  • Do Your Part to ensure our Government does its part…

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GOD BLED AMERICA/ AMERICA FOR EVER METIN

Istanbul Top Ten Things To Do

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Explore the Top Ten Things To Do in Istanbul. One of the most vibrant cities in the world with an amazing past and a promising future.

1) Blue Mosque
2) Hagia Sophia
3) Topkapi Palace
4) Cruise the Bosphorus River
5) The Grand Bazaar
6) Egyptian Spice Bazaar
7) Turkish Cuisine
8) Turkish Carpet
9) Dolmabahçe Palace
10) Hippodrome - Obelisk…

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welkom turkey

Long Live the Queen!

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Rule Britannia!

I apologise in advance, this post will be patriotic, royalist and probably a tad jingoistic too. This weekend, as you cannot fail to have noticed, was Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. 60 years on the throne (no jokes about a lack of fibre in her diet, please) were marked with a flotilla, a concert, and a service at St. Paul's Cathedral.

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+long life her majesty-s

Travels of the Minaret

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When European visitors to Ottoman Thessaloniki, in modern day Greece, described the city, the features which most captured their attention were the minarets. Exotic and highly visible the minaret captured the imagination of travellers searching for the Oriental, giving the city (in the words of one guidebook) the air of a fairy-tale:

"Are not the white minarets and the mysterious old houses, the storks on the roof, the beggar at the fountain, the very cobble-stones and above all, the deep blue sky and the star-strewn night the very essentials of magic and romance?" 

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i love greec becous greec are ottoman