ILoveMyAbbyGirl
09-16-2004, 08:24 PM
I am in the highschool band, and we were marching down the street one day, practicing for an upcoming parade. It was nearing Veteran's Day, and we came upon the house of this elderly man, about to put the American flag up on his flag pole for the day.
Our band stopped, and my teacher, Mr. Murray, cued us to turn and play the Star Spangled Banner as the man put the flag up.
We finished, all of us silent, as the man turned to us, with tears in his eyes, and whispered, "Thank you... so much." And he went back inside.
Mr. Murray said to us all as we entered the bandroom again:
"That man will never forget what you just did for him today. He will never, ever forget the day that a band came an played the Star Spangled Banner for him as he hung his flag. Ever."
And then he dismissed class.
:) Just remember what a little kindness can do. :) This is my true story, by the way. It brings a shiver to my spine every time I think about that man. :)
Our band stopped, and my teacher, Mr. Murray, cued us to turn and play the Star Spangled Banner as the man put the flag up.
We finished, all of us silent, as the man turned to us, with tears in his eyes, and whispered, "Thank you... so much." And he went back inside.
Mr. Murray said to us all as we entered the bandroom again:
"That man will never forget what you just did for him today. He will never, ever forget the day that a band came an played the Star Spangled Banner for him as he hung his flag. Ever."
And then he dismissed class.
:) Just remember what a little kindness can do. :) This is my true story, by the way. It brings a shiver to my spine every time I think about that man. :)