Anne from PA - Reveille

"No veterans, no democracy. No democracy, no America."
James McEachin

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Anne from PA - Patriotism and Honor in Cape May Point, New Jersey

For nearly 40 years, they’ve come — 200 or 300, sometimes 400 a night — for Marvin Hume’s solemn flag-lowering ceremony that each night honors one deceased veteran at Sunset Beach, Cape May New Jersey.

When his audience is in place, Hume comes over the loudspeaker, and in a voice now raspy with age, asks everyone to stand, remove their hats and face the flag. He asks people in cars to shut off their engines. When the crowd is quiet enough, a tape of Kate Smith’s rousing "God Bless America" is played, then the U.S. Army band’s version of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Every flag raised and lowered at the beach — more than 6,000 in all — has been donated by families of deceased veterans.

"We fly nothing but casket flags," said Hume, who owns Sunset Beach and the small gift shops and grill there. "During the sunset ceremony, we say a little bit about the veteran. It’s our way of honoring each of them again."

After the national anthem is played, the lone bugle notes of taps float over the beach, as Hume and members of the veteran’s family lower the flag. Then, as the flag is folded, there is respectful silence, punctuated only by bay waves rolling over the beach.

Marvin Hume never got a Purple Heart for the shrapnel he picked up on the beach during the Battle of Saipan. He doesn’t talk much about his World War II experience. But he is a Navy veteran, and one day, his flag will fly over his beach, and he will be honored the way he has honored so many.

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Glenn Beck - 6 28 2011

Tonight: Glenn talks about an incident involving he and his family that took place last night at a New York City park in which they were harassed and accosted by several angry leftists.

While Glenn admitted that he knows better than to expect a warm welcome in New York City, what bothered him most was the cowardly behavior of the hateful crowd. Glenn will be spending his upcoming vacation searching the world for courage. He is set to begin what he is calling “the search for courage and I’m going around the world and I’m looking for examples of courage.”

Despite the cruelness of the crowd, Glenn reminded his listeners that moments like this must serve as an opportunity to learn and grow. These incidences provide a chance to prove to all the naysayers that in the end, love and courage will always prevail.

“Search for individual courage, search for those moments when you are truly alone and sober,” Glenn said. “Search for those moments and when you find them, do not pile into the rage, find a way to love because in the end, only love remains.”

Only two more shows are left on Fox News after tonight, don’t miss tomorrow’s program and then a very special show on Thursday as Glenn signs off the air for the last time on Fox News.

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