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Veterans are so incredible I cry when ever I see one, hear one or read about one. My father fought in WWII on the front lines in France and Germany and had many metals but would never talk about it until one year before his death my sister and I went to visit him and we told him we were going to make a book about him and that his grand kids will want to know what happened that he would get the metals. He hung his head, my sister and I glanced at each other and teared up as we knew it was so painful. Finally He started talking and went on for 15 minutes and then he stopped and said "I can't say any more, its just too much". We were thankful for what he did share and know that so many have given so much. I was in high school at the beginning of the Viet Nam war. I graduated in 1965 and moved to California and would go with co-workers to meet the sailors coming off the ships like the USS Hancock in Alameda. We would make regular visits to Oak Knoll hospital in Oakland with bags of cookies to visit guys our age who had been to Viet Nam and were convalescing. They would talk about their experiences and you need to know that the 60s were years of the greatest change in American history. If you get the chance to see the documentaries on the 60s on the History , Discovery or A&E channels, please watch them. There was an active mandatory draft for all boys turning 18 years old.at that time and many moved to Canada. I so honor all those who served and currently serving in the military. My auto license plates are personalized with the Air Force Emblem as my boy friend had joined the AF and went to Viet Nam and came back so traumatized he spent months in a psych hospital. I had to move on and met my husband who was a Vet. How do you say thanks to people who are willing to give their lives for our freedom?
Now to Veterans Day coming up on Nov. 11th I encourage teenagers to buy an American Flag and give it to their fathers or mothers in honor of their dedication to the branch of the military they served in and to contact the ROTC in their high school to participate in the half time of a football game close to that date. There is a web site
http://soldiersangels.com where you can join and do so much for our warriors on so many levels. Please let your friends know about this as it doesn't cost any money to join. Even writing a letter to a warrior that the people who run the web site have names and APO address for you to send letters or more to. It is a great feeling to know that you are an official Soldiers Angel.... please get together with others and join. Just in writing this I'm tearful.... these people deserve any thing we can do for them. Thank you so much for asking..... great question.
Veterans are so incredible I cry when ever I see one, hear one or read about one. My father fought in WWII on the front lines in France and Germany and had many metals but would never talk about it until one year before his death my sister and I went to visit him and we told him we were going to make a book about him and that his grand kids will want to know what happened that he would get the metals. He hung his head, my sister and I glanced at each other and teared up as we knew it was so painful. Finally He started talking and went on for 15 minutes and then he stopped and said "I can't say any more, its just too much". We were thankful for what he did share and know that so many have given so much. I was in high school at the beginning of the Viet Nam war. I graduated in 1965 and moved to California and would go with co-workers to meet the sailors coming off the ships like the USS Hancock in Alameda. We would make regular visits to Oak Knoll hospital in Oakland with bags of cookies to visit guys our age who had been to Viet Nam and were convalescing. They would talk about their experiences and you need to know that the 60s were years of the greatest change in American history. If you get the chance to see the documentaries on the 60s on the History , Discovery or A&E channels, please watch them. There was an active mandatory draft for all boys turning 18 years old.at that time and many moved to Canada. I so honor all those who served and currently serving in the military. My auto license plates are personalized with the Air Force Emblem as my boy friend had joined the AF and went to Viet Nam and came back so traumatized he spent months in a psych hospital. I had to move on and met my husband who was a Vet. How do you say thanks to people who are willing to give their lives for our freedom?
Now to Veterans Day coming up on Nov. 11th I encourage teenagers to buy an American Flag and give it to their fathers or mothers in honor of their dedication to the branch of the military they served in and to contact the ROTC in their high school to participate in the half time of a football game close to that date. There is a web site
http://soldiersangels.com where you can join and do so much for our warriors on so many levels. Please let your friends know about this as it doesn't cost any money to join. Even writing a letter to a warrior that the people who run the web site have names and APO address for you to send letters or more to. It is a great feeling to know that you are an official Soldiers Angel.... please get together with others and join. Just in writing this I'm tearful.... these people deserve any thing we can do for them. Thank you so much for asking..... great question.
what is the title of the book about a swan or duck who plays a trumpet and inspiration is louis armstrong?
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The Trumpet of the Swan is a children's novel by E.B. White published in 1970. It tells the story of Louis, a Trumpeter Swan born without a voice and trying to overcome it by learning to play a trumpet, always trying to impress a beautiful pen named Serena.
In Canada one spring, a male (cob) and female Trumpeter Swan build their summer nest on a small island in a pond. Sam Beaver, an 11-year-old boy on a camping trip, observes them, and saves the female from being attacked by a fox. The swans begin to trust him, and Sam gets to see their five eggs hatch. All of the cygnets chirp at Sam in greeting, except for the youngest, who can make no sound and pulls his shoelace instead.
The cygnets' parents are increasingly concerned about their youngest son, Louis, who turns out to be mute. They worry that when he grows up, he will not be able to find a mate if he cannot trumpet like all the other swans. Louis' father promises to find a way for him to communicate. At the end of summer, the swan family flies to the winter refuge, Red Rock Lakes in Montana. Louis decides he should learn to read and write in order to communicate, and flies away from the refuge. Because Sam Beaver lives nearby, he happily takes his swan friend to school with him the next morning. Louis turns out to be a natural at reading and writing, and Sam buys him a portable blackboard and chalk so he can communicate.
Unfortunately, because the other swans cannot read, Louis is still lonely when he returns to the Red Rock Lakes. He falls in love with a young swan, Serena, but cannot attract her attention. Louis's father flies to a music store in Billings, Montana, crashes through the window, and steals a brass trumpet on a cord to give to his son. Louis feels guilty about his father's theft, but accepts the instrument. Serena has migrated north, so Louis returns to Sam's ranch. Sam suggests that Louis get a job so he can pay the store for the trumpet and the damaged window, and Louis finds a position as camp bugler at Camp Kookooskoos, the boys' camp Sam attends.
Louis plays taps, reveille, and mess call, and composes a love song for Serena. He convinces Sam to split one of his webbed feet with a razor blade, making "fingers," so he can play more notes. He also rescues Applegate Skinner, an unpopular camper who nearly drowns. At the end of summer, Louis receives a medal for bravery, a waterproof money bag, and $100. Sam suggests that Louis get a job with the Swan Boats in Boston. He flies across country and becomes an instant success, with a salary of $100 per week. He even stays in the Ritz Hotel.
A Philadelphia nightclub offers Louis a higher salary, $500 per week. He leaves Boston and takes up residence at the Philadelphia Zoo. The zookeeper promises that Louis will not be pinioned (have a wing tip cut off to prevent escape) like all the other swans at the zoo. One windy night, Serena, blown off course, falls into Bird Lake. Louis serenades her with his trumpet, and she finally notices him. But when the zookeepers spot Serena, they try to clip her wings, and Louis attacks them. He convinces the Head Man to postpone the operation for a short while, and sends a telegram to Sam, asking for help. Sam goes to Philadelphia and strikes a deal with the Head Man: in every litter of cygnets there is always one that needs special care and protection, and if Louis is willing to donate an occasional cygnet to the zoo, the Head Man will let Louis and Serena go free.
Louis and Serena fly back to the Red Rock Lakes. Louis writes an apology on his slate and gives it and the moneybag to his father, who flies back to the music store in Billings. Afraid that the swan will destroy another window, the storekeeper shoots the old cob in the shoulder. The cob recovers and flies back to the Red Rock Lakes. In the spring, Louis and Serena fly north, back to the lake Louis was born at. Over the years, they raise many cygnets and travel around the
The Trumpet of the Swan is a children's novel by E.B. White published in 1970. It tells the story of Louis, a Trumpeter Swan born without a voice and trying to overcome it by learning to play a trumpet, always trying to impress a beautiful pen named Serena.
In Canada one spring, a male (cob) and female Trumpeter Swan build their summer nest on a small island in a pond. Sam Beaver, an 11-year-old boy on a camping trip, observes them, and saves the female from being attacked by a fox. The swans begin to trust him, and Sam gets to see their five eggs hatch. All of the cygnets chirp at Sam in greeting, except for the youngest, who can make no sound and pulls his shoelace instead.
The cygnets' parents are increasingly concerned about their youngest son, Louis, who turns out to be mute. They worry that when he grows up, he will not be able to find a mate if he cannot trumpet like all the other swans. Louis' father promises to find a way for him to communicate. At the end of summer, the swan family flies to the winter refuge, Red Rock Lakes in Montana. Louis decides he should learn to read and write in order to communicate, and flies away from the refuge. Because Sam Beaver lives nearby, he happily takes his swan friend to school with him the next morning. Louis turns out to be a natural at reading and writing, and Sam buys him a portable blackboard and chalk so he can communicate.
Unfortunately, because the other swans cannot read, Louis is still lonely when he returns to the Red Rock Lakes. He falls in love with a young swan, Serena, but cannot attract her attention. Louis's father flies to a music store in Billings, Montana, crashes through the window, and steals a brass trumpet on a cord to give to his son. Louis feels guilty about his father's theft, but accepts the instrument. Serena has migrated north, so Louis returns to Sam's ranch. Sam suggests that Louis get a job so he can pay the store for the trumpet and the damaged window, and Louis finds a position as camp bugler at Camp Kookooskoos, the boys' camp Sam attends.
Louis plays taps, reveille, and mess call, and composes a love song for Serena. He convinces Sam to split one of his webbed feet with a razor blade, making "fingers," so he can play more notes. He also rescues Applegate Skinner, an unpopular camper who nearly drowns. At the end of summer, Louis receives a medal for bravery, a waterproof money bag, and $100. Sam suggests that Louis get a job with the Swan Boats in Boston. He flies across country and becomes an instant success, with a salary of $100 per week. He even stays in the Ritz Hotel.
A Philadelphia nightclub offers Louis a higher salary, $500 per week. He leaves Boston and takes up residence at the Philadelphia Zoo. The zookeeper promises that Louis will not be pinioned (have a wing tip cut off to prevent escape) like all the other swans at the zoo. One windy night, Serena, blown off course, falls into Bird Lake. Louis serenades her with his trumpet, and she finally notices him. But when the zookeepers spot Serena, they try to clip her wings, and Louis attacks them. He convinces the Head Man to postpone the operation for a short while, and sends a telegram to Sam, asking for help. Sam goes to Philadelphia and strikes a deal with the Head Man: in every litter of cygnets there is always one that needs special care and protection, and if Louis is willing to donate an occasional cygnet to the zoo, the Head Man will let Louis and Serena go free.
Louis and Serena fly back to the Red Rock Lakes. Louis writes an apology on his slate and gives it and the moneybag to his father, who flies back to the music store in Billings. Afraid that the swan will destroy another window, the storekeeper shoots the old cob in the shoulder. The cob recovers and flies back to the Red Rock Lakes. In the spring, Louis and Serena fly north, back to the lake Louis was born at. Over the years, they raise many cygnets and travel around the
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