----- Original Message -----
From: "William R. Benson" <Benson@eqe.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:07 PM
Subject: [MV] A chuckle for you folks over in the U.K.
>
>
> Listers,
>
> I was looking through the bulletin board set up by the Boston Globe under
the
> query:
>
> "What is the most patriotic act you've seen thus far?"
>
> Of course there were pages upon pages of honest and heartwarming accounts,
> including a remark of how Her Majesty shed a tear for her American cousins
(not
> patriotic, but quite decent of her, Thank-ee Mum!) and then I find this
one:
>
> "Two things. North Attleboro's downtown has flags from one end to the
other.
> The second is from our friends in England.
> Playing "My Country 'Tis of Thee" for the changing of the guards was very
> moving. "
>
> I damn near died laughing. Somebody needs to tell the fellow that they
play "My
> Country Tis of Thee" at every changing of the guard, only the British have
a
> different title and words for it, something like "God Save the Queen",
(and it
> happens to be their National Anthem.)
>
> Once again I'd like to thank our comrades over in the U.K. for their
> consideration in playing "The Star Spangled Banner" during the Changing of
the
> Guard.
>
> (MV-content)
> One wonders what the lads in the SAS are driving these days...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bill B.
>
>
>
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