A NICE STOP!

   FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023

            A NICE STOP!

   It's August 4th friends. And that

happens to be Coast Guard Day.

It marks the day in 1790 when

the Revenue Marine Service, the

forerunner of what is now the

Coast Guard, was founded. There's

a Coast Guard training center just

a few miles from where we're

vacationing. It's at Cape May

New Jersey. That makes this a

patriotic day and it reminds me

of something that happened just

this morning. I was walking the

Boardwalk here in Wildwood.

It's a very busy place. People

walking, riding bikes, shopping

at all kinds of stands, playing

games, lining up for tickets to

the water parks or grabbing a snack

at one of the hundreds of eateries

here. Then, suddenly, at 11AM, 

everyone froze in their tracks!!!

It was as though they had all been

struck by some sort of ray that

turned everyone into statues. It

was a wonderful, and very

appropriate sight! You see at 11AM

the boardwalk speaker system plays

the National Anthem. Everyone

stopped. Men removed their hats

and most people could be seen with

their right hand over their hearts!

It was especially nice knowing this

was Coast Guard Day. But it's done

everyday and it's so nice to see

people taking a moment to stop

and pay tribute to out great nation!

It was truly a "nice stop." Hope

you're well and that all your NEWS

is good!