Showing posts with label patriotism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patriotism. Show all posts

Saturday, September 08, 2012

Setting up the 9/11 memorial at KOHS

I saw students and teachers setting up this display this morning, so I came back with my camera to get photos. There's a flag there for each person murdered by terrorists on 9/11/01. It's very impressive, and I think they'll add a huge American flag under the words KLEIN OAK soon.
(Click on each photo to enlarge it.)
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Our 4th!

Views from Anne's front yard. Everyone on that cul-de-sac is very patriotic: All houses have flags flying on US holidays!

There's one more that's not visible ... it's across the street, hidden by the cars.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Wildfires

These are photos I took on Sept 9th and 10th while the Waller/Montgomery/Grimes counties wildfire was still blazing away. Very frightening.



Here's the column of smoke as seen from the high school, which is about 3 miles east of the road we were on in the photos above. 

And here's the annual KOHS tribute to all the people who died on Sept 11, 2001. Parker and others in ROTC helped set all this up.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

September 11th at KOHS

As they did last year (<~~click here to see last year's photos), many students at Austen and Parker's high school set up this display in remembrance of all those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. There are 2,976 flags on the huge corner of the campus. It's a stunning display.


The school's Young Conservatives Club and some of the band members put these flags out Thursday night. This afternoon, we could see the band members and color guard preparing to leave for their performances at tonight's football game.



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ADDITION: Here are 3 news videos about the KOHS display of flags:

http://www.click2houston.com/video/24961948/index.html
and
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=7660676
and
http://www.khou.com/video?id=102643749&sec=548547

The last one was taken from a helicopter, I think. (Doesn't sound like an airplane.) There's no narrative. You have to get to the point at which there are about 2:50 minutes remaining before it zeroes in on the kids' 9/11 memorial. The first part shows the entire school and its surroundings.

Friday, September 11, 2009

September 11th Remembrance

Students at Austen's school set up this display to remember and pay honor to all those who lost their lives eight years ago. This is very impressive.