My mother and aunt were members of the DAR. Our ancestor was a captain in a frontier militia in western Pennsylvania who fought in the Revolution and was a prisoner of the British for more than a year. His descendants included veterans of the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The other side of my mother’s family fought for the Union in the Civil War. There are Grand Army of the Republic markers on their graves in a cemetery only ten miles from where I live.
You bet I want to honor their sacrifices. It disgusts me that Thanksgiving is now only referred to as “turkey day.” We hardly even mention the Pilgrims and the terrible hardships they suffered the first winter when half of them died from illness and hunger. Our history isn’t even taught anymore.
I agree our history isn’t even properly taught in the public schools anymore.