Category Archives: service

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Posted on October 17, 2019 by annetbell

g A parable is a teaching tool explaining a moral or lesson. Jesus used this method repeatedly in the New Testament, in fact, 65 times in the Gospels. The Parable of the Good Samaritan is an illustration of Christ teaching … Continue reading →

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This is the Real Thing. . . . .D-Day -1

Posted on June 5, 2019 by annetbell

photo from Wikipedia All the days, weeks, and months of training are over. . . . The waiting and training are over. . . the warriors knew for certain as they received live ammunition for the first time. And President … Continue reading →

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Normandy Church . . . . Loving Your Neighbor

Posted on June 3, 2019 by annetbell

The Scars Of Angoville-Au-Plain    – February 15, 2014 by  “The scars of Angoville-au-Plain” Postcard match.  This peaceful beach has seen so much. On our way to the vast beaches by Les Gougins in Manche, just north of Utah Beach, we took a small … Continue reading →

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June 5 Memorial Jump in Normandy

Posted on July 28, 2018 by annetbell

 June 5th, 2018 D-Day Jump On June 5th 2018, the memorial D-Day reenactment jump at La Fiere was dedicated in George B. Tullidge III’s honor. Anne Bell provided copies of A Paratrooper’s Faith for all of those jumping that day. … Continue reading →

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Sgt. George B. Tullidge Honored

Posted on June 4, 2018 by annetbell

Iron Mike statue at La Fiere Bridge, Sainte- Mere- Eglise, Normandy. 2018 first memorial jump to honor American paratroopers come to liberate France. The jumps prior to D-Day were quite different and executed in the early morning hours of June … Continue reading →

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The Peacock Tea Room in Ely

Posted on May 30, 2018 by annetbell

July 4, 2017 after our family visit to Cambridge American Cemetery and celebration of my brother’s information being complete and correct on his forever gravestone, we caught the train to Ely.  It was only a 20 minute ride.  Yes, a … Continue reading →

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Coins Left at a Departed Soldier’s Grave

Posted on January 17, 2018 by annetbell

Mementos have been found  for the dead  left by the living since the  earliest graves were discovered.  From the simplest graves of the masses  to the  those for kings, items are left for use in the afterlife such a pottery, … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Greetings from Cambridge American Cemetery

Posted on January 10, 2018 by annetbell

This is the lovely Christmas spray created by the designers at the Manor Florist in Cambridge, UK to celebrate my brother. Mos of the brave heroes buried in Cambridge have little  or no  family who remember them personally. I am … Continue reading →

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They Gave Their Tomorrow For Our Today

Posted on August 26, 2017 by annetbell

This is photojournalism from Huff Post UK  with clever integration of  current photos and 70 year old shots from D-Day.               A German body lies where he fell in the street. Tourists on the … Continue reading →

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Celebration of a Hero’s Too Short Life

Posted on July 14, 2017 by annetbell

July 4, 2017 is an Independence Day we will never forget.  That is why I chose it.  All eleven of the the family were in Cambridge UK at the American Cemetery  to celebrate the life of my oldest brother George, … Continue reading →

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