You know that is true. Used to be “decoration” day.
My parents always went to the grave yard to “decorate” the graves of family.
But
Then again its always nice to say thank you
So true. Trust me, he gets thanked aplenty but you could tell that he was not comfortable having a beer bought for him on Memorial Day. He was embarrassed.
He told me that he was 20 years old the day Pearl Harbor was bombed and that he went straight down that day and enlisted.
The man is a HERO as far as I'm concerned!