05-27-22 Friday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson opens his show with a speech from President Ronald Reagan given on Memorial Day 1992. Ray talks about the last full devotion, honoring the fallen, Westbrook’s Memorial Day Remembrance, and more.
Segment 2: Ray starts with the poem, In Flander’s Field. He shares his memory and reaction to the news of The Columbine shooting and how the tragedy in Uvalde, TX has affected him. He gets frustrated with some of the texts that he has received.
Segment 3: Gunny Mike Hall joins Ray to share some information and history on the tradition of Memorial Day.
Segment 5: Mike Shepherd, Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News, and Ray discuss the potential problems that could affect the upcoming elections in Maine including the high cost of living, heating costs, CMP’s request for an increase, and more.
Segment 6: Ray shares the story of Edith Knowles and her tireless efforts to honor her brother “Bud”, who was lost in The Battle of the Bulge.
Segment 7: Natalia Zarytska joins Ray to share life as a wife of an Azovstal fighter who had surrendered. He was in the Azovstal steel plant and they are worried about the fate of their relatives after Kyiv this week ordered its garrison in the plant in Mariupol to stand down.
Segment 8: Ray previews upcoming guest Michael Reagan and then talks about Arlington National Cemetery and its origins and complicated history.
Segment 9: Ray talks about Memorial Day and the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day. He shares another story from his book, Every Stone Has a Story.
Segment 10: Ray plays a beautiful and new rendition of God, Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood. He is joined by Michael Reagan, Son of President Ronald Reagan and Founder of The Reagan Legacy Foundation, which honors the brave men and women who served in the European campaign during World War II and his ongoing project, Walkway To Victory from The Reagan Legacy Foundation, which is a non-profit project with a lasting and fitting tribute to honor those American, British, and Canadian soldiers who gave of themselves in service to the liberation of France and Europe in WWII. They also talk about the man that was President Ronald Reagan.
Segment 11: Ray starts off with Pres. Reagan’s City on the Hill speech. He talks about the sacrifices of the fallen to give them the right to be free citizens. What as parents we need to do to ensure that our children know our history.
Segment 12: Ray plays Josh Groban’s God, Bless America, and talks about the renewed love of our country during the Reagan era and how we as a country need to get back to that love of country.
Segments 13-14: Ray talks about the special people that fought in WWII including Fred Collins. He reads another story of a fallen soldier and his mother’s journey in the Gold Star Mothers and suggests her book Keep Moving Forward: My Son’s Last Words found on Amazon. He takes calls.
Segment 15: Ray starts off with another excerpt from his book about Marc Gousse’s letter from his uncle and the poem that he wrote to his mother as a Christmas gift. He then takes calls.
Segment 16: Ray takes calls.