Memorial Day 2015: How About A New Meaning?
May 22, 2015 22:18:48 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on May 22, 2015 22:18:48 GMT -5
My great grand father served in the War of Northern Aggression with the Co A , 6th Reg N.H. volunteers. I honor his service and not the cause he fought for. It is has been the same since time began that men step up to serve for causes influenced by the powers to be and the money interests and the fodder to meet their ends. My father was a decorated WWII vet who once told me that when it came right down to it everything else aside "We were just boys killings boys." All that aside going into Memorial Day weekend I wish to pay my respect to those who have served even if not to the cause they served. In the end thank God there are those who will answer the call.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George S. Patton
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Memorial Day 2015: How About A New Meaning?
The Memorial Day 2015 weekend is upon us. Many will use this weekend as the first short vacation of summer. Picnics, boating, traveling, family gatherings, and dedication to enjoyable activities are the rule this weekend.
But Memorial Day is meant to honor the men and women who died in military service to the United States of America. Formerly known as “Decoration Day,” it was first established in 1868 to decorate the graves of the Civil War (War of Northern Aggression) dead.
This weekend, there will be memorial services and parades across America in town squares, churches and at cemeteries. Flowers will be strewn and American flags will be in grand display. Politicians will walk the route, and military veterans will don old uniforms and walk with them. Twenty-one gun salutes and taps will echo among the headstones. Impassioned speeches will be delivered to patriotic crowds on the goodness of America and the honor and bravery of the fallen soldiers and sailors.
And Americans will be remembering all the wrong things.
How about a reality check?
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George S. Patton
Read more at www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgespa124797.html#tmwAEfGGE0UqqHLT.99
dumpdc.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/memorial-day-2015-how-about-a-new-meaning/
Memorial Day 2015: How About A New Meaning?
The Memorial Day 2015 weekend is upon us. Many will use this weekend as the first short vacation of summer. Picnics, boating, traveling, family gatherings, and dedication to enjoyable activities are the rule this weekend.
But Memorial Day is meant to honor the men and women who died in military service to the United States of America. Formerly known as “Decoration Day,” it was first established in 1868 to decorate the graves of the Civil War (War of Northern Aggression) dead.
This weekend, there will be memorial services and parades across America in town squares, churches and at cemeteries. Flowers will be strewn and American flags will be in grand display. Politicians will walk the route, and military veterans will don old uniforms and walk with them. Twenty-one gun salutes and taps will echo among the headstones. Impassioned speeches will be delivered to patriotic crowds on the goodness of America and the honor and bravery of the fallen soldiers and sailors.
And Americans will be remembering all the wrong things.
How about a reality check?