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Beautiful photo. Thank you. We all can relax, regroup, and jump back in tomorrow, firing on all cylinders, for the final stretch.

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That is a beautiful photo Tracy! I hope you both have a wonderful Labor Day!

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LIVE BETTER.

WORK UNION.

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Hi Lucian, thanks for all your good and hard work at providing us with a perspective few others can. Your service to the country, your family's service and history, all are factors no one else I know / have read can offer to those of us who have such different histories.

Take this time to rest, enjoy NASCAR races, and replenish. We have LOTS ahead of us, and we all need to take care of ourselves enough to be able to take care of others (the oxygen mask in airplanes example). Your work helps -- through the information and opinions you offer -- to take care of us, the honor of the military, and American democracy. Thanks again.

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Beautiful!

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Love to see the same picture this fall! Imagine awesome colors.

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Ooooo, you're right! Although, here in New England we like to think we deck our Autumns with pretty spectacular colors, too. Acadia National Park in late September is fairly awesome!

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Always beautiful photos! Have a good Labor Day holiday weekend and rest up for the final stretch!

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Gorgeous!!! I live in Chicago, where there are definitely no cliffs. But I'll go take a walk by Lake Michigan later and catch some scenery.

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Happy Labor Day, and let's not forget the real meaning of the holiday: celebrating workers. Workers rock!!

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Good looking kitty.

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Thank you! Unfortunately we lost her a few years ago. I miss her.

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😥😥

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please recharge, you deserve it, thank you

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Lovely photo. It looks like the sylvan, unpopulated upper reaches of the Potomac.

Appreciate your thoughts — considerably less graphic than mine— re Trump’s desecration of the ANC. I visit there next month for the burial of a navy colleague. Agree with the commenter who said it should be fumigated and reconsecrated. Have a peaceful day.

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A lovely Labor Day weekend to you and yours!

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Pennsylvania is the most scenic state! (Full disclosure: I grew up there)

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Maybe not, but by traditional standards, it is incredibly beautiful. (Full disclosure, both my parents were born and grew up there.)

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Don’t tell anyone, but as I learned from an interview years back with then Gov Ed Rendell, and since visited in wonder, Cherry Springs State Park in PA is a magnificent location for stargazing. There are night time outdoor “planetarium-like” presentations, and it was there on one of the year’s moonless nights that I learned what it means to “see the Milky Way” (oh - but of course!). It’s spectacular!

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Thank you for defending Arlington. My dad, mom and stepfather are buried there. There is a marker for my grandfather who went down in a courier plane in Korean War but whose body was never found. My husband’s uncle is also buried there. It was very emotional to have those people abuse this sacred national treasure.

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My parents there, too...Dad a WWII vet and retired Army MG...Mom a Woman Marine WWII. If Orange Foolius defiles ANC one more time....

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Take the whole weekend off like "normal" people do. Incredible picture.

There will be plenty more Trump outrages. before Tuesday.. We will be here when you get back.

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Thanks for the beautiful photo. I'm watching baseball (Reds) and relaxing. Later I'll go hit balls and do 18 holes tomorrow. Have a fun Labor Day.

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A community 18 holer?

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Privately owned public course. I play there every weekend. Good test of golf. My handicap is 10 and dropping.

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Chuck. I was just messing with you.

I never found pleasure in chasing little white balls

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Kick back, relax and enjoy, Lucian. You deserve it.

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