Memorial Day Week

A dose of perspective from The American Patriot's Almanac, my Christmas gift from Rachel, Jason, Baby Reg', and Gid the Kid:

Conflict: U.S. Military Deaths*
Revolutionary War (1775-1783).......25,000
War of 1812 (1812-1815)..............20,000
Mexican War (1846-1848).............13,300
Civil War (1861-1865)
..........Union.........................360,000
..........Confederate.................260,000
..........Gettysburg (Jul 1-3, 1863)....5,755-7655**
..........Antietam (Sep 17, 1862)......3,654**
Spanish-American War (1898)..........2,500
World War I (1917-1918).............116,500
World War II (1941-1945)............405,400
Korean War (1950-1953)..............36,600
Vietnam War (1964-1973).............58,200
Persian Gulf War (1990-1991).............380
Afghanistan (2001- ).......................450***
Iraq War (2003- )........................4,100***

*Includes battlefield and other deaths, such as soldiers who died of disease. Because official records may be incomplete, esp. prior to WWI, military death figures are estimates.
**from this outstanding website, esp. if you're spending Thanksgiving 2009 in Gettysburg: http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/gettysburg/prelude.aspx
***Approx. military deaths as of June 2008

To our veterans & their wives: thank you for serving.

MTH

Speaking in Tongues

We'll be posting this on the Ham Fam video blog as soon as we figure out how!

Swagger (Boston: "Swagga")

3 days in and I'm up to 22 Swag Bucks and rising w/ no time commitment. . . . I'm gaining on the iPhone. . . . You should join: http://swagbucks.com/?cmd=sb-register&rb=395937.

By the way, today's sermon was out of the park. It's not online yet but when it is I'll post it from the Seven Mile Road website.

Good phone talks recently with Zach, Joey, Jud, Dad, & Mom (in order of occurrence).

God grant us all a good week for His name's sake.