Remembering the meaning of Memorial Day

MND ^ | May 25, 2005 | by Mike Bates

[Nasty McPhilthy]

My humble thanks to the many Fallen Heroes.

[handy old one]

Any and all vets deserve a hand shake and a thank you for their service to protect us.

[Tennessee_Bob]

I'll be at home that day, sitting on the back porch and watching the day go by for those that can't be there to do it. I've got a bottle of Crown Royal - that was the special "toasting" drink for a couple of squadron buddies and myself - and there'll be a silent toast to those who didn't come home.

[kallisti]

Thanks to those who gave everything.

I'll be at Arlington.

[kallisti]

Thanks to those who gave everything.

I'll be at Arlington.

[LisaFab]

Me too. For a funeral service.

[1FASTGLOCK45]

If I die saving your ass, you better dang well remember me! AAAARGH MATEY! I'm gonna try to locate a flag for my car window in honor of our soldiers.

[Snoopers-868th]

I fly my 48-star flag.

[LisaFab]

Are you talking to me?

[1FASTGLOCK45]

LOL! Sorry it was a general comment. :) Don't mind me.

[LisaFab]

No problem. It's been a tense week here on FR :-)

[Mike Bates]

No problem. It's been a tense week here on FR :-)

Most weeks are tense ones on FR. Or am I, if you'll pardon the expression, wrong?

[LisaFab]

I would say the worst were:

The weeks of 11/7/00 to 12/12/01

The weeks of 11/5/98 to 2/12/99

[LisaFab]

I would say the worst were:

The weeks of 11/7/00 to 12/12/01

The weeks of 11/5/98 to 2/12/99

[Nasty McPhilthy]

Umm-Umm! I love Purple Sack.

[kallisti]

I'll offer my condolences.

[redrock]

Before I take my kids down to the local cemetery to visit.....another BUMP.

redrock

[Mike Bates]

Bump for the holiday.

[stainlessbanner]

Southern states weren’t quick to embrace Decoration Day. Perhaps the people there couldn’t cotton to an observance at least partially established by Union veterans.

False. Southerners have long held the tradition of honoring fallen soldiers.

A grave look at history: Civil War's dead gave birth to Memorial Day

[LeoWindhorse]

I agree Stainlessbanner

“During the first observance of what was then termed Decoration Day,”

which occurred spontaneously at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus Mississippi right after the war . The ‘Southern’ ladies of Columbus turned out and placed flowers on the graves of Yankees and Rebs alike , most of whom were the fallen from the battle of Shiloh.

Southern states weren’t quick to embrace Decoration Day

in 1866 ‘Decoration day ‘ was observed by the citizens of Columbus Mississippi , and grave of Yanks and CSA alike were honored