Word: ribboning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...There was an encouraging echo of the good old days in the sight of Churchill making the V sign from his big, black Humber, the red, blue & gold flag of his honorary title, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, bravely flying from its fender, and the deep blue ribbon of Conservatism decorating its hood...
...white-enamel-and-silver cross of a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, founded in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte to honor those who, "by their knowledge, their virtues, their talent," have upheld the principles of the French Republic. He will be entitled to wear the inconspicuous red lapel ribbon, and will find special seats reserved for him at parades and other functions-joining the democratic company of the 196,146 Frenchmen who also have the Legion of Honor...
...Like a Heathen God." They spent much of the evening looking at portraits of Bernard's ancestors. One was "a man with a fat smiley face and a red ribbon . . . My great uncle Ambrose Fudge said Bernard carelessly ... He was really the Sinister son of Queen Victoria. Not really cried Ethel in excited tones but what does that mean. Well I dont quite know said Bernard Clark ... but I mean to find...
Last week at March Field, Calif., Air Force Chief Hoyt Vandenberg presented Major Louis J. Sebille's widow with the pale blue ribbon of the Medal of Honor. The Sebilles' 19-month-old son tottered about waving the boxed medal, while Mrs. Sebille watched a parade in her husband's honor. He was the 31st U.S. fighting man and the first Air Force flyer to win the nation's highest decoration in Korea...
While his beaming wife and two small children looked on, Lieut. Commiskey inclined his head, and the President stretched up on his toes, snapped a blue, white-starred ribbon around his neck. "Good luck to you," he said, and warmly shook the lieutenant's hand...