1. DON'T WISH ANYONE A "HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY"
This is not a holiday like Christmas and this day was not created to bring glee! Despite what the day has transitioned to in American culture, it was established to reflect, honor and remember America’s military fallen.
2. DON'T DISREGARD ITS IMPORTANCE.
Sure enjoy the sales, grill some amazing steaks, and find the perfect mattress on sale, just don’t forget to raise a glass in honor of those servicemen and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
3. DON'T FORGET WHY IT EXISTS.
This holiday exists for a reason. Use this day to reflect and honor our fallen heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice for you!
4. DON'T LET POLITICS KEEP YOU FROM RENDERING RESPECT.
Even if you don’t agree with the idea of war, or the reasons America goes to war, or the policies of a particular president who was the Commander in Chief during a specific war, it doesn’t matter. People have defended the people and interests of America for over 200 years, and your right to disagree with the reasons for war should be separate from your opinion of the troops themselves.
Thank you for your consideration on these ideas.
Mary McHugh mourns her dead fiancé James Regan at Section 60
in the Arlington National Cemetery on 27 May 2007. Early in 2007, when they had been planning to get married, he stepped on a roadside bomb and was killed. She was speaking into the marble gravestone – as if there was so much left to say’
On Memorial Day at the Fern Township graveyard in Hubbard county, Minnesota the people gather to read off the names of all the dead veterans buried there.
ReplyDeleteOn Memorial Day they are remembered.
I'd like to think they still do that... I left in 2003 and don't know.
Some people still care, Rob...
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