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Every year, French caretakers take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub it into the lettering to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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May 30, 1912: The Memorial Day Parade
Included many local posts of the Grand Army of the Republic organization. About 700 Civil War veterans marched in the parade. This photo was published in the May 31, 1912, Los Angeles Times.
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/05/26/memorial-day-1911-1929/#/0
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Sending this Tweet to to her every fucking year.
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While spending more money on education IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!
So understand this, fucktards, it’s not the amount of money we spend!
It’s the way we teach and treat the children. It’s having the parents on the teachers’ sides, not making excuses for their children when they don’t do the work or follow the basic rules of society and the school.
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