Project 52: Rationing - Week 21 - G-I Fruit Bars
Happy Memorial Day! Don't you just love this little article? I love all the insight into how the boys in service made such a "mad scramble when the box was opened". We just got back from a homeschool conference down at Virginia Beach, VA. They had some field trips planned for the dads and kids and I went with my husband and kids to one that was on the Norfolk Navy Base. We got to see the navy helicopters and went on one of the active naval ships which was one of the most amazingly interesting tours I've been on in a really long time. Later when I was in one of the conference classes a navy jet roared overhead and it was loud . The presenter, though, put it into perspective right away. She said, "I know the jets are loud, but we love that sound. It's the sound of freedom and it's the sound of our navy keeping us safe, so we love our navy and the jets." I was astounded because I had never thought of that before, but how true her