Join the conversation Twitter Facebook Youtube Instagram. Sponsorship by:. Support Provided By: Learn More. Garfield May 30, Arlington National Cemetery. Many of the youth of our nation are not made aware of the meaning of Memorial Day and Veteran's Day.
Many people celebrate it because they get a day off from work or school. The sacrifices made by others to allow Americans to live in a wonderful country where freedom and personal rights are protected is the true reason for celebration.
It's a lovely sight to see the flags flying in graveyards and in towns across America. I walk the local Veterans Graveyard to pay my Respect to those who served before me and to hon ou r my father and many others that served our great Nation. Our tradition is to clean up graves and leave flowers, attend a Memorial service, later we read the Declaration of Independence or Bill of Rights or the military oaths, and watch a war or history documentary.
Many lives were sacrificed in order for us to have our way of living. For us the day is set aside to be a Memorial-to honor and be thankful to all who served. Ever sense I was young Memorial Day weekend was about going to the cemeteries and putting flowers by the stones for my family. We would pack up in the car travel four hours to my grandparents in Maine and stay the weekend. During our stay we would go to the local cemeteries to place flowers on family I never knew and never met in my early life.
We would continue on to travel downeast to my fathers side of the family to place more flowers on family I would never meet in life. As a kid you go never thinking about it other than the wanting to be someplace else, but it did instill a sense of family history in me that continues to today.
I still make the trek and still place the flowers, but now I know some of those relatives that are buried there. This gives me the sense of duty to remember them whether they have served in the armed forces or not to keep there memory going of who my family is and was for times to come.
I hope all can take some time this weekend to visit and place a flower, say thanks or say prayer to all that have served your family and the country. I too grew up placing flowers on graves of ancestors, but my mom cleaned the graves regularly and we placed flowers on all holidays.
I still do, and will continue to do so until I can no longer drive down. For me, as a kid, it was always serious business, and mom taught us to not walk on graves, etc.
I've tried to instill this in my own kids, and hope they are able to continue this tradition of connecting and honoring family history. I came across this looking for something else. I'm so glad I saw this. I am a veteran and I'm aware that it takes death in order for us to have our freedom. I thank all the veterans that have bought and given their lives for us. I will make sure that all my children know what it means to have our freedom. God Bless America.
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Waterloo was the birthplace of Memorial Day. Decoration Day was started officially with General John A. The origin of Memorial Day actually began by slaves who had been freed after the civil war. A mass grave of union soldiers was found. The freed slaves dug them up and gave each on a proper burial and celebrated them for fighting for their freedom with dancing and singing for all to see.
I would love more information about these thoughts. I would love to know more. In the event that the slaves did a gracious thing in burying the Union dead who were not buried properly, that is wonderful.
But it's getting a bit weird that as we continue to discredit the founders of this country i. At noon, it is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day. When the flag is at half-staff, the position is in remembrance of the more than one million men and women who gave their lives for their country. Raising the flag at noon signifies the nation lives, that the country is resolved not to let their sacrifice be in vain but to rise up in their honor and continue to fight for liberty and justice for all.
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May 5, Major General John A. Logan issues General Order No. May 4 South Korea Memorial Day Honoring servicemen and civilians who gave their lives for their country. November 11 France Armistice Day Remembers all who died at war, in addition to the 1. November 11 Germany Volkstrauertag Commemorating members of the armed forces and civilians who died in armed conflicts.
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