Memorial Day - Remembering the People Who
Died While Serving in the Armed Forces
I marched in a similar parade on Longwood Drive leading a large platoon of Marines in 1973. I spotted my MPHS Russian teacher Miss Petrus. I was in her Russian class in 1964-65.
We were trained to greet her, so I belted out "Zdravstvuy te, Soyia Sergeavna, a kok vi pushaviatee!!", Which means, "Greetings, Mrs. Petrus, How are you?!"
Soyia Sergeavna frantically looked around trying to find who was calling her, clearly one of her former students. But she did not see me and I had to keep marching in front of the platoon. I am sure she never figured out who I was, considering I was one of her worst pupils.
Dos Vedanya, Soyia Sergeevna.
We were trained to greet her, so I belted out "Zdravstvuy te, Soyia Sergeavna, a kok vi pushaviatee!!", Which means, "Greetings, Mrs. Petrus, How are you?!"
Soyia Sergeavna frantically looked around trying to find who was calling her, clearly one of her former students. But she did not see me and I had to keep marching in front of the platoon. I am sure she never figured out who I was, considering I was one of her worst pupils.
Dos Vedanya, Soyia Sergeevna.
Click to see the Video of The Jesse White Tumblers
The Model A Roadster above looks like the Model A Roadster I drove on Longwood Drive to MPHS in 1965, although the one in the photo is in much better condition.My Model A at modelahullinger.blogspot.com
Great fun to drive past the school in the morning, throwing the hand throttle with the spark advance to make very loud backfires, announcing that the Model A and I were on the premises.
Click for a Bagpipe Video
My personal favorite - this bus from Smith Village carried a number of World War II and Korean Veterans, including my father Clif Hullinger.
More about Clif's service in North Africa and Italy at:
109thengineers34thdivision.blogspot.com
The group above are the Southsiders for Peace.
southsidersforpeace.org
The dance group below showing some energetic moves.
I'm getting in just under the wire here for this holiday-related blog, which deals in part with the Memorial Day Parade down Longwood Drive. I'd love to hear what memories of that event others have, to see how they do or don't jibe with my own.
Thanks to all who have served, and absolute gratitude to those who paid for our freedoms with their lives.
Taffy Cannon, June '66
Carlsbad, California
Click below to read a blog post written by Taffy about Decoration Day:
thaliapressauthors.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/decoration-day
The group above are the Southsiders for Peace.
southsidersforpeace.org
The dance group below showing some energetic moves.
I'm getting in just under the wire here for this holiday-related blog, which deals in part with the Memorial Day Parade down Longwood Drive. I'd love to hear what memories of that event others have, to see how they do or don't jibe with my own.
Thanks to all who have served, and absolute gratitude to those who paid for our freedoms with their lives.
Taffy Cannon, June '66
Carlsbad, California
Click below to read a blog post written by Taffy about Decoration Day:
thaliapressauthors.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/decoration-day
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