My Chagrin Falls Memorial Day Speech 2010

This is no grammar podcast but it is the speech which I prepared for Memorial Day 2010 in Chagrin Falls. Although we managed to get in most of the Memorial Day festivities, my speech was rained out or "thundered out." I guess I shouldn't feel too bad as President Obama's speech in Chicago was also rained out.

The topic of my speech was "We are Chagrin! We are America!" In the speech I give thanks to the American GI's who helped my family and me at the conclusion of World War 2 and who by putting us in contact with American Methodist missionaries helped us come to America. In my speech I also honor the eleven graduates from Chagrin Falls High School who made the ultimate sacrifice.

I promised the people in attendance at the cemetery that I would make this podcast.

To those who are wondering why I haven't been making any grammar podcast I promise you that I will start making them again soon. I am teaching my last German class at Chagrin this year and it is my plan to put together an online German course, which if you are a serious German student I am certain that you will like...