Posted on 05/31/2010 6:48:13 AM PDT by combat_boots
"Pause for the "National Moment of Remembrance" on Monday, observed at 3 p.m. locally in every time zone, a tradition established a decade ago by the White House Commission on Remembrance. There is some reassuring unity afoot: All Major League Baseball games will halt, the National Memorial Day Parade will come to a complete stop and Amtrak train whistles will sound across the country. Among many places, the moment is also observed at NASCAR races, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and among NASA astronauts."
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"President Obama also has issued a proclamation designating Memorial Day as "a day of prayer for permanent peace," noting, "I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time to unite in prayer." Mr. Obama has asked that all American flags be flown at half staff until noon at private homes, and on the buildings and grounds of "all units of government," as well as on board naval vessels."
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