]> Randy Gaddo's blog http://archive.thecitizen.com/staff_blog/11024 en Some things are worth preserving http://archive.thecitizen.com/node/40484 <p>The 1-year-old Fayette-Coweta Clyde Thomason chapter of the Marine Corps League held its first Marine Corps birthday event in Sharpsburg, Ga., Saturday, Nov. 7, and with 40 Marines and spouses in attendance, it was a very successful first effort.</p> Columnists Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:25:44 -0500 Beirut, 1983 — Our first duty is to remember http://archive.thecitizen.com/node/22114 <p>On Oct. 23 this year, at 6 a.m. Eastern time, the vast majority of America was sleeping snugly in warm, dry beds. But in Jacksonville, N.C., a group of 120 or so people gathered in misting rain to pay homage to deceased men who had been their sons, fathers, brothers, husbands, comrades-in-arms, relatives or friends.</p> Columnists Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:20:57 -0400