Things didn't quite work out publishing wise for Chapter 24 to post this weekend. I think it would've been appropriate, similar to a couple of my previous chapters. This is not 'the first weekend of summer' or the weekend to go to the lake, or get the barbeque going. Those things can and will happen, of course. However, this is not the weekend to come up to me, or any of my brothers and sisters, to thank us for our service. We have our own day of recognition, later this year.
This weekend is when you say thank you to those who gave the last full measure of their devotion in service to others. If I can borrow a character of Devon's for my blog - this weekend we thank Tony Kowalski and all his brothers and sisters who gave their lives, or who honorably served and have since passed away, to have the freedom to go to the lake and get the barbeque going.