Happy Memorial Day

[Pearl]

Hope everyone has a great day! A special THANK YOU to all of you who served this great country!!

 

[Bacpacker]

And a huge debt of gratitude to all those who have lost family members and friends in battle

 

[Patchouli]

@Bacpacker a big debt of gratitude to you and your family.

My familial losses are to the Civil War, both sides.

 

[rice paddy daddy]

"Happy" and "Memorial Day" do not belong in the same sentence.
Memorial Day is set aside to honor those who died in our country's wars.
Armed Forces Day honors those still serving.
Veterans Day honors those who have served.

Since our country began, 1,354,366 men and women have died in our wars.

Today, at 11:00 AM, I participated in the annual Memorial Day ceremony put on by our small town Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
I have participated in, or attended, such services each and every Memorial Day since returning home from the war in 1970.

 

[Bacpacker]

@Bacpacker a big debt of gratitude to you and your family.

My familial losses are to the Civil War, both sides.

Thanks Patch

 

[theheathen13]

Is everyone happy because we have the day off? Or should we not be giving thanks for the men and women that sacrifice their lives for are freedoms that are getting sold to china and are hard earned money going to Ukraine. They are selling us out, stop and think about! God bless my America! And thank you my fallen soldiers!

 

[rice paddy daddy]

Sadly, only 40% of Americans know what Memorial Day means.
I attribute this directly to our inept public school system and lazy parents.
My children, both now in their 40’s, accompanied me to many ceremonies over the years.
Memorial Day, POW/MIA Day, Veterans Day, July 4th parades, and more.

Both are rock solid conservatives today, probably because of what they did when they were young, plus what they learned by watching Daddy.

 

[havasu]

I too went to our city's annual Memorial Day celebration yesterday. It is, as said above, a day to celebrate and honor the lives lost, but understand many folks were given a day off to be with their families, which could make someone happy, as long as they have an understanding of why they have the day off.

 

[Pearl]

I know a woman who lost her daughter in Iraq many years back! Every Memorial Day the family has a celebration of her life, because they know she would want them to think about her and be happy, not wrought with grief!!

 

[Patchouli]

Section 60 is the name of this instrumental by Kansas (the Band).
Among the rows and rows of gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery is one quadrant — Section 60 — reserved for soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Some call it the saddest acre in America.

 

[theheathen13]

May god bless them!