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This website is a memorial to the life of US Army
Cpl. Matthew J. Stanley
22, of Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire.
Matt was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and gave his life for your freedom as a result of injuries sustained when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device while on mounted patrol Dec. 16, 2006 in Taji, Iraq.
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, of rocket ships and Mars
Of sunny days and Willie Mays, and chocolate candy bars...
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, dream while you can
Of big green frogs and puppy dogs, and castles in the sand…
For all to soon you’ll awaken and your toys will all be gone
Your broomstick horse will ride away, and find another home...
And you’ll have grown into a man, with cowboys of your own
And then you’ll have to go to war, to try and save our home…
Taken from the song “Broomstick Cowboy” by Bobby Goldsboro
Most gods throw dice, but Destiny plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along...
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
This website is a memorial to the life of US Army
Cpl. Matthew J. Stanley
22, of Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire.
Matt was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and gave his life for your freedom as a result of injuries sustained when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device while on mounted patrol Dec. 16, 2006 in Taji, Iraq.
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, of rocket ships and Mars
Of sunny days and Willie Mays, and chocolate candy bars...
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, dream while you can
Of big green frogs and puppy dogs, and castles in the sand…
For all to soon you’ll awaken and your toys will all be gone
Your broomstick horse will ride away, and find another home...
And you’ll have grown into a man, with cowboys of your own
And then you’ll have to go to war, to try and save our home…
Taken from the song “Broomstick Cowboy” by Bobby Goldsboro
Most gods throw dice, but Destiny plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along...
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
This website is a memorial to the life of US Army
Cpl. Matthew J. Stanley
22, of Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire.
Matt was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and gave his life for your freedom as a result of injuries sustained when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device while on mounted patrol Dec. 16, 2006 in Taji, Iraq.
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, of rocket ships and Mars
Of sunny days and Willie Mays, and chocolate candy bars...
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, dream while you can
Of big green frogs and puppy dogs, and castles in the sand…
For all to soon you’ll awaken and your toys will all be gone
Your broomstick horse will ride away, and find another home...
And you’ll have grown into a man, with cowboys of your own
And then you’ll have to go to war, to try and save our home…
Taken from the song “Broomstick Cowboy” by Bobby Goldsboro
Most gods throw dice, but Destiny plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along...
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, of rocket ships and Mars
Of sunny days and Willie Mays, and chocolate candy bars...
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, dream while you can
Of big green frogs and puppy dogs, and castles in the sand…
For all to soon you’ll awaken and your toys will all be gone
Your broomstick horse will ride away, and find another home...
And you’ll have grown into a man, with cowboys of your own
And then you’ll have to go to war, to try and save our home…
Taken from the song “Broomstick Cowboy” by Bobby Goldsboro
Most gods throw dice, but Destiny plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along...
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Of sunny days and Willie Mays, and chocolate candy bars...
Dream on little broomstick cowboy, dream while you can
Of big green frogs and puppy dogs, and castles in the sand…
For all to soon you’ll awaken and your toys will all be gone
Your broomstick horse will ride away, and find another home...
And you’ll have grown into a man, with cowboys of your own
And then you’ll have to go to war, to try and save our home…
Taken from the song “Broomstick Cowboy” by Bobby Goldsboro
Most gods throw dice, but Destiny plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along...
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Most gods throw dice, but Destiny plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along...
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Most gods throw dice, but Destiny plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along...
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart...
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Matt and his mom, Lynn, on Basic Training graduation day...
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on it's finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in it's hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in it's pocket...
Matt, age 4...
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
"Clean shirt, new shoes,
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
I know exactly where I am going to.
Black suit, silk tie,
I don't need a reason why.
They come running just as fast as they can,
Becuase every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man..."
ZZ Top - 1982
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion...
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Courage and Valor are like brown eyes... If you have them, you were born with them and have had them all your life... but unlike eye color, only extreme circumstances that one could neither predict, nor prepare for, causes them to be noticed...
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
“Not only the studying and writing of history but also the HONORING of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith - a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will-but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world-faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity...”
- George F. Kennan
Matt's memorial in Iraq
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then...
From "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Never worry about what a child will become tomorrow, because he is already someone today...
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available...
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.... - William Shakespeare
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
In the 1987 motion picture "Platoon" there's a scene where Pfc Chris Taylor (portrayed by Charlie Sheen) is writing a letter to his grandma telling her about the brave young men in his Platoon...
"They come from small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Van, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania and they're the ones fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul of America..."
Matt is from Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire - a town that, according to the United States Census Bureau, has 6,083. This includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls.
Matt came from a small town that most of us had never heard of and he is definitely the heart and soul of America....
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
In 2002, Matt graduated from Kingswood Regional High School, where he was well-known and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was outgoing and deeply proud and personal about his two tours of duty in Iraq. He always had a good circle of friends. He was the type of kid that everybody wanted for a friend. Matt had been married less than a year. He was 22...
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Senator John McCain wears a black bracelet with Matthew's name on it. He has worn the bracelet since Matt's mother gave it to him. More often than not, when Senator McCain wraps up a rally or a political event, he will close by telling the audience about Matt...
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love..."
- Sophia Loren
Matt at age 15...
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Through space and time, always another show,
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Wondering where I am, lost without you
And being a part's not easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
My girl... you stand by me, I'm forever yours...
FAITHFULLY
- Journey
Matt and his beautiful wife, Amy
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are over 9 miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. As for the dimensions of the flag - The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers...
- Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
Matt gave his life not only for this flag, but for everyone it's ever represented...
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth...
- Ecclesiastes
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
Matt at age 5...
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
"I, MATTHEW J. STANLEY, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice... So help me God..."
The oath of enlistment into the United States Armed Forces that Matt took to defend my freedom - Webmaster
Matt's photo just before deployment
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters... - Alan Simpson
The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.