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As I shared in my 2011 Memorial Day post my friend Jen's son, David "Nick" Crombie made the ultimate sacrifice for you and me.
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| This was floating around Facebook. I would be HAPPY to acknowledge the author if you know who it is. |
Traditional observance of Memorial day has diminished over the years.
Many Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of
Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are
increasingly ignored, neglected. Most people no longer remember the
proper flag etiquette for the day. While there are towns and cities that
still hold Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in
decades. Some people think the day is for honoring any and all dead,
and not just those fallen in service to our country.
There are a few notable exceptions. Since the late 50's on the Thursday
before Memorial Day, the 1,200 soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry place
small American flags at each of the more than 260,000 gravestones at
Arlington National Cemetery. They then patrol 24 hours a day during the
weekend to ensure that each flag remains standing. In 1951, the Boy
Scouts and Cub Scouts of St. Louis began placing flags on the 150,000
graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery as an annual Good Turn, a
practice that continues to this day. More recently, beginning in 1998,
on the Saturday before the observed day for Memorial Day, the Boys
Scouts and Girl Scouts place a candle at each of approximately 15,300
grave sites of soldiers buried at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
National Military Park on Marye's Heights (the Luminaria Program). And in 2004, Washington D.C. held its first Memorial Day parade in over 60 years.
To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance"
resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time,
for all Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own
way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are
doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps."
YouTube
Taps Bugler
Thank you to everyone past,
present, and future for your sacrifices to keep our country what it is.
Good job, mom! You did an awesome job.
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