Posted on 05/28/2018 7:26:05 AM PDT by rktman
Hey, are you all set for the weekend? Got all the picnic food, charcoal and beverages?
Do you have the reservations for the cabin, the campsite or wherever you plan to spend the time?
Sounds like fun doesn’t it? It probably will be – except for the families of the men and women who lost their lives fighting for the protection of our country. In fact, those who died so that you and yours can “celebrate” the Memorial Day weekend in peace and safety.
We tend to forget that part of the story. For those families, the “holiday” brings mixed emotions because they associate the commemorations with real people in their families, many of whom they knew personally. For them, Memorial Day is a day to remember the lives and deaths of people they loved and lost.
There’s an interesting test of how real the meaning of Memorial Day is regarded in your town. Try it. Drive up and down several residential streets and see how many people are flying the flag in front of their houses – the Stars and Stripes, not any other.
I’ve done that and it’s shocking how few residents even bother. I’d wager many of those people don’t even own an American flag. There have been years when my house was the only one in my area to show the colors.
It varies each year, of course, but it still isn’t as many as it should be, considering that over the course of our history more than 1,354,000 of our citizens were killed defending our freedoms. That doesn’t even take into consideration those who were injured and whose lives were drastically changed forever by their grievous wounds.
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Actually, you are one day after the anniversary of D Day.
Happy Early Birthday!
Yes I am. LOL! Thank you.
24/7 on a proper flagpole at my house.
3 x 5 American flag and below it a 2 x 3 Don't Tread On Me flag.
I just bought new flags and exchanged them for the old ones on Saturday.
I wanted them to look bright and fresh for this Memorial Day.
I only fly American flag. I’ve actually had a flagpole break during a windstorm so I limit it to a single flag.
My son flies US and sometimes Gadsden flag from his truck bed. He also has a US flag pinned to the headliner and wears US flag cowboy boots.
I just cut it off at the bend and put it back up.
The shorter pole is stronger and has worked fine since then.
Peoples republic of Pittsburgh here. A lot of section 8 types and Hindus. A Indian at the gas station down the street asked if today was a holiday.
Our little Iowa town the locals have a tradition of lining their property on the street with US Flags every couple feet. Almost half the town does it.
Unfortunately I was unable to this year. I feel like a loser now. But did it for years, when I was able.
Thank you.
(I miss Barbara on the radio.)
Your graphic is right ... the President answers to, and is subordinate to, We the People.
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