Small Town Patriotism

Small Town Patriotism

I live in a small town in northern TEXAS, this week we have been host to a committee from the USA Today, Rand McNally. Gainesville is in the running for

the   Most Patriotic Small Town in the USA.

One of the things that makes Gainesville the Most Patriotic Small Town in the USA is that we are the only Medal of Honor Host city in the USA. This began about 10 years ago and has grown to great magnitude. It's a great weekend where Medal of Honor recipients are honored. There are parades, banquets and a time the recipients to share there stories with elementary school  students.
Mark your calendar and come visit our town to honor these great men on the second weekend of April. Check out the Medal of Honor web site.

We pull out all the stops  to show our small town hospitality.........merchants decorated there store fronts.......everyone wore red white blue and
special  designed T -shirts..............

flags were flying  all around.

Citizen quote: Helen McHorse.

What an honor to be part of this great community and to share with others. As usual, we worked together, played together, laughed together, and took care of one another just as usual. What was portrayed this is week was not a staged event, rather it is simply "what we do!" Thanks to everyone for making this a great week! I am proud of us!

Sorry for overload of photos just wanted you to see how special our Patriotic Town is and even more special as we celebrate our Great Nation.

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They were greeted on Sunday afternoon, by a very excited group !

Monday Night was the Pedal The Medal Parade

  



 Tuesday morning over 100 of us gave the committee a Texas flash mob good morning welcome with the singing of the EYE'S OF TEXAS. Everyone was decked out in red white and blue, and of course there were hats and boots.

Citizen comment:

Gainesville has been proving it's the Most Patriotic Small Town in America for many years. All you need to do is visit us once, and you see what we take our being Americana's seriously.   

 Check out the Randal McNally site for other cities that are in the running. Keep your fingers crossed we want this BAD. We have to wait till July 25 to hear the results.

Check out this video on

MidLife Road Trip Visits Gainesville, TX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOR3LAEJ7ts

I am proud to have been born and raised in

GAINESVILLE TEXAS!!!!

I hope everyone had a great and safe 4th.

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New Year's Special Guest

2012

I have been preparing for this blog most of the day. I am expecting a few special quest. I set the table, changed out my hutch and decorated the mantel. At this time (10:30 pm) I am setting dressed in my grubbies finest. We dinned on our paper plates fine china with personalized individual  sandwiches de dindel. I  ironed that dress shirt for Big Jim preparing for the evening. Oh yes he was so wore out after his golf game all the preparations he had to retire. I say all this only to say that I had a great day preparing for this blog and love to decorate and set table scape's for special  guest . I hope you have as much fun ringing in the New Year as I am for I will be admiring all the wonderful bloggers New Years spectacular blogs.

I wish all GOOD HEALTH,

LOVE, PEACE, HOPE and JOY

Now for the result of my labor of  Love for Decorating

The Mantel

Hutch

Dining Table

I lite the candles and YES I think that will work,

 please have a seat you are

 my SPECIAL GUEST!!!!!



(Guess what ladies I shopped my home and the only thing new is the salad plates.

 that is for all my New Year's decorating.)

Here is a big TEXAS HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thanks for stopping by

I hope you leave a comment and

become a follower as we began the new year.

I think I made it before 12:00 Texas time.  <;~)

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