Go, Buster!...You see, last year, Buster visited Washington D.C. with his Boy Scout Troop. Buster is a big kid - over 6 feet tall, and built like a giant Scots warrior - and his scout uniform has a fair amount of decoration on it.
As he was leaving the Lincoln Memorial, he was stopped by an elderly gentleman who pulled himself fully erect and gave my son a grave and solemn salute. “Grazie,” he said, “grazie, Joe” followed by some more rapid-fire Italian.
Buster, who speaks a little bit of Italian, tried to explain that he was not a soldier, only a Boy Scout. “Grazie, but no...Boy Scout.”
The man said, “Ah, Boy Scout! Bene! Americani GI Joe, molto bene!”
Buster thanked him for appreciating our troops...
UPDATE: The Anchoress has moved. The new URL for this post is http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/03/31/delivering-a-message-to-my-military-readers/
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