also morphed into a fiesta of shopping, barbecues and pool openings.
As has Easter and 4th of July and Thanksgiving and Christmas morphed into orgies of shopping and eating. Its our 24/7 society. We can’t seem to shut it down even for one day.
We have a consumer society, self-absorbed and totally without any feelings for the roots of our blessed republic or the cost that has been and continues to be paid to sustain it and its Constitution. Memorial Day, Veteran’s (Armistice) Day, and the Forth of July are nothing but 3-day weekends, and the Federal Government is the worst offender!
The NEA, working with the DC Uni-Party, has removed true history from the curriculum and is turning out illiterate drones with a disdain for obligation or respect.
It will take a tough turn-around and a couple of generations to restore the respect for the Constitution, the Republic and Memorial Day.
“select few volunteers—we don’t have an equalizing draft and there is no required national service”
“Select” is exactly what the draft does and it does not really equalize, it forces those who volunteer to work with those who are “selected” drafted against their free will, which of course, free will is defended by those particular ones who chose to volunteer. At this point draft is not the answer. Freedom is the only thing that is equalizing, it doesn’t mean we will all be the same or live the same, it means the actions of our lives are our own and in that we are all equal.
I do give thanks, pray for those who currently serve, for those who previously served and those who served and are long gone either in battle or later in their life and I pray. . .
Respect for the military is instilled in people at an early age. When I grew up my parents (both veterans) taught me and my brother and sister to respect not only the veterans, but the police as well. It was also taught in school.
Hopefully the American soldiers’ sacrifice will be reintroduced in the public schools. I suggest mandatory reading include daily history lessons via http://americanminute.com/ History tells the true story of the American soldier.
It used to be Decoration Day named because it was a day put aside for widows of Union soldiers to decorate their graves. It was not celebrated by most of the States of the Confederacy. In 1968, the majestic Congress of the United States forced this holiday upon these States.
ML/NJ
Ignore the media and the liberal jerks, and then celebrate our heroes.
I suppose this isn't a bad thing.