telcodad It’s the Memorial Day holiday weekend - the traditional, unofficial start of summer. But please take a moment to remember all those that gave their life in service to our country.
Guy54435 Somewhat-Reticent Memorial Day is not for the The living only the dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day Also don’t forget about Flag Etiquette on Memorial day: On Memorial Day, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day.
Sparkchaser Guy54435 On Memorial Day, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day. Sounds like a guard duty question
egeezer Off to Vandalia Gathering tomorrow. Then to neighbors for a cookout. After that, I hope to finish tilling the garden and laying down vegetation block for tomato planting. Wx forecast looks pretty good. Busy weekend.
Donoreo We have to drive a few hours tomorrow to move the girls stuff from storage to their rental for school next year. We are also taking their beds with us. Then, I am told, they have a party tomorrow night
GeekGirl1 Watch this video. It will put you in the right frame of mind for Memorial Day. Just A Common Soldier Just A Common Soldier, also known as A Soldier Died Today, is one of the most popular poems on the Internet. Written and published in 1987 by Canadian veteran and columnist A. Lawrence Vaincourt, it now appears in numerous anthologies, on thousands of websites and on July 4, 2008 it was carved into a marble monument at West Point, New York. This year marks the poem’s 25th anniversary. The video was published in 2015. This would be the 35th anniversary. (Sorry, the video won’t embed in the post.)
Somewhat-Reticent Guy54435 Memorial Day is not for the The living, only the dead. Indeed, and not all of the dead either.
egeezer GeekGirl1 https://www.virtualwall.org/iPanels/ipan55w.htm#L010 A bowling and beer buddy is memorialized o this panel, one of four I knew who came back in a casket. A wave of sadness still comes when I remember the times we had.
GeekGirl1 I saw this on the news, but it’s a stark reminder. If someone wishes you a happy holiday, remind them that there’s nothing at all happy about Memorial Day.
telcodad GeekGirl1 If someone wishes you a happy holiday, remind them that there’s nothing at all happy about Memorial Day. Yes, but I think many people see this weekend as the start of summer and therefore are happy about that. They don’t think (or forget) about what Memorial Day is all about.
Guy54435 As in the post by @Rock_cake Alludes to: Make them never forgotten or what the day set aside for them is all about, Teach, Teach, Teach Make sure everyone knows what the day is about, you know like how it use to be.
DrStrange telcodad Better than current conditions on Mt. Washington. Not going to post that here. Some people might be triggered.
HooRU I regularly pray for the dead, and those in the process of perishing. At every given moment, when we feel glee, some other soul is lost. It’s a natural progression, but war is not natural.
GeekGirl1 DrStrange I visited Mt. Washington on my honeymoon way back in the early 1990s on a nice summer day. We took the cog railway to get there. Absolutely unbelievable. I had no idea of the weather conditions.
Astyanax GeekGirl1 I saw this on the news, but it’s a stark reminder. If someone wishes you a happy holiday, remind them that there’s nothing at all happy about Memorial Day You can still honor the fallen without making it a day of misery and grief for you and everyone else. That’s not what they fought and died for nor do I believe that’s what they would have wanted.
