Every Memorial Day weekend since 1988, Rolling Thunder/Ride for Freedom has been held in Washington, DC, to raise awareness of the Prisoners of War–Missing in Action of all wars.

United States Marine Corps Veteran Staff Sergeant Tim Chambers is known to the world as The Saluting Marine for standing at attention for hours in the middle of the street during Rolling Thunder. In the video below, filmed in 2013, he held the salute for 3-4 hours while standing on concrete, surrounded by the bikers who zipped passed and around him. Despite having a broken wrist, Sgt. Chambers stood strong to perform his powerful act honoring veterans everywhere.

Sgt. Chambers stands with his makeshift memorial — boots, a rifle, flack jacket and Kevlar — displayed proudly at his feet. Over the years, families of fallen soldiers have donated personal items to symbolize their body and spirit.

The courageous feat is never lost on those who take part in Rolling Thunder. Many veterans stop on their bikes to salute to Sgt. Chambers, and thank him in return for upholding such a revered tradition.

Watch Sgt. Chambers in action below, and please SHARE this wonderful video with your friends on Facebook.

Teresa Funk thinks she is going to her son’s graduation party. Boy, is she in for the biggest surprise of her life. There is so much awe, love, shock, and tears of joy in her face throughout the video you’re about to see, it’s impossible not to tear up along with her. She walks up the front lawn and immediately her son drops the news. This isn’t a graduation party, this is your vow-renewal party. It was Teresa and her husband’s, Darrell, 25th wedding anniversary, and what a way to spend it.

The wedding party hands her a bouquet of flowers, and instantly she breaks down. Her son officiates the wedding, and just like it was planned, family and friends are there to bear witness to 25 years — and hopefully 25 more — of love and devotion. A graduation party might have been fun, but I get the feeling that this was an even more wonderful milestone to celebrate. It takes a lot to plan a surprise party, but to plan what is essentially another wedding? It’s pretty clear that Teresa and Darrell must have one incredible marriage if their son was willing to do this for the two of them.

Watch the emotional video below, and please SHARE if you thought this was an amazing surprise!

A life-long love story: the secrets of an 82-year happy marriage.

It’s no easy task to build a long-lasting and happy marriage: it takes a lot of courage, patience and love. Is it possible to share all your life with one person and still be in love with each other by the end? Is it really impossible? If you have doubts, we urge you to take a look at the following couple’s story — we’re convinced it will prove you wrong. This is truly inspirational!Nicholas and Rafaela Ordaz claim that only romance and love reign within their family. This sweet couple from California, USA, has recently celebrated an incredible 82 years of marriage together. Nicholas recently turned 102, and his beloved Rafaela turned 100 in October, 2015.
’’Their parents lived to be 112 and 108, and they were also happily married. Divorce isn’t really something our family has experienced. Nurturing those relationships is a huge part of our culture,’’ says Leticia Ordaz (39), one of the couple’s many grandchildren.

Five generations have gather together to celebrate this happy occasion, but despite all the fuss around them and all the attention given to them, their eyes were on each other all the time.
’’They’re still so in love. It’s really quite remarkable,’’ says Ordaz. ’’In every picture, they’re holding hands or trying to kiss each other. At one point, my grandfather pulled her aside and said, ’Rafaela, let’s go to the bedroom now.’ Of course we all heard and started howling!
«But he didn’t even blush. He said that he had married the most beautiful woman in the world, and that her body was just as beautiful to him now as it was when they were first together.’’
Of course, such a successful long-term relationship as this one has required much more than just passion over the years.

The couple has shared some pearls of their wisdom: they say that the key to a happy marriage is mutual respect and ’’not sweating over the small stuff.’’
’’They take care of each other,’’ says Leticia. ’’At the party, he kept looking around to see if she had gotten any cake yet. She has diabetes — she can’t really have cake! But he wanted them to experience it together.’’
Leticia, having just celebrated her own ten-year anniversary with her husband, says that her grandparents taught her a lot about marriage.

Just a few more years together and the Ordaz family will set a new official world record: currently, the record for the longest marriage belongs to Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher, who were married for 86 years.
In view of all their years spent together, the happy marriage of Nicholas and Rafaela Ordaz is arguably a symbol of true happiness and longevity. ’’Now that they’re getting older, their memories aren’t as sharp,’’ their granddaughter says. ’’They forget everyone else’s names, although they always remember each other.»
Source: Today
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