In the American Spirit of 1945

Welcome to the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Times and the National Celebration of the Spirit of 45. What a time to have been alive! Back then, no one felt the need to apologize for loving America.

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Honoring The Spirit of a Great Generation

Today is National Filet Mignon Day and International Left Handers Day. It’s also the second Sunday in August, and that particular day trumps all the other secular days. And no, it’s not a Catholic Feast Day. Today we honor the greatest generation that has ever been. It’s Spirit of ‘45 Day.

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Spirit of 45’s Meat and Potato Patties

Pretty much for the whole of the world, today marks the day Japan announced their intention to surrender. It marks the end of the War in the Pacific. Today is known as VJ Day everywhere except the good old US of A.

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Spirit of 45 and the Greatest Generation

Today, the second Sunday of August, is National Spirit of 45 Day. We could get into a whole political debate about the Greatest Generation and what made them so great. One thing is certain, there is much to admire in those who are the Greatest Generation – the G.I. Generation. Just as my generation, the Baby Boomers, are those born between 1946 and 1964, the Greatest Generation are defined at those born between 1901 and 1927.

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