Memorial Day

Posted on May 26, 2008 
Filed Under Community

Has Memorial Day just become an extra holiday from work or school? Have we made it more a time to hit the shopping malls or go to the beach or the golf course? Once this was not so.

Years ago, the nation honored its dead on the 30th of May and not on a day conveniently tacked onto the nearest two-day weekend to create a triple holiday. Once this memorial was called “Decoration Day.” It was a day Americans marched in solemn procession in every town and hamlet to lay flowers upon the many graves in their cemeteries.

“What does Memorial Day mean to you?” a little girl was asked.

“That’s the day the pool opens,” she replied.

How fortunate we are that the little girl may go to her pool. The freedom we enjoy was purchased dearly.

Let us remember. Let us put the “memorial” back into Memorial Day. May We Never Forget!


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