Washington Operation Thank You

Our Mission:

To ensure that all military personnel and their families, past and present, are treated with the utmost respect, and to enlighten the community as to the needs of our military and their dependents.

WASHINGTON OPERATION THANK YOU

612 Jefferson Street --- Richland, Washington 99352

(509) 943-4572 (509) 947-7426

E-mail Co-Ordinator: nrn9141@aol.com

"History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

ARMY C Battery 94th Antiaircraft Artillery A.W. Battalion "SP" 2nd Armored Division Reunion

'No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'

-- Ronald Reagan

Always taking addresses for care packages !! Click here

Welcoming Our Troops

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for the most amazing version of the Star Spangled Banner you've never heard! It truly needs to be heard to understand the foundation of our Nation!

Meeting w/Charlie Daniels prior to his concert at the Benton-Franklin Fair

To Make Blankets for the Troops, click here

Final Farewell to Matt Emerson

A meaningful new banner donated to Operation Thank You

What do we mean by Patriotism in the context of our times? We venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of National responsibility ... a Patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion,

but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime!!

"What is a Hero?"

My heroes are the young men who faced the issues of war and possible death, and then weighed those concerns against obligations to their country. Citizen-soliders, who interrupted their personal and professional lives at their most formative stage.

A Veteran - Whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who at one point in his/her life wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor. There are far too many people in this country who don't understand it.

"There are only 2 types of warriors in this world - Those that serve tyrants and those that serve free men."

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children through the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were Treated and Appreciated by their Nation."

George Washington

Home of the Brave Quilt Project. Make quilts for the families of those Washington State service persons killed in either the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts.

www.homeofthebravequilts.com