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Posted on 05/30/2005 6:46:25 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 are acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated.
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weblog Monday, May 31, 2004 Today is Memorial Day, remember? A lot of people died yesterday so you can be alive tomorrow. Remember that today. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans don’t do that. Or, at least, America doesn’t show it. Today’s holiday is gravely important — it’s about young people cutting their lives short to give something to their country. But turn on the television during Memorial Day Weekend: “IT’S A MEMORIAL BLOWOUT!” screams one mattress store ad. And there are plenty more. Every mattress store has said obnoxious ad, and so do grocery stores, department stores, hardware stores… you name it. What a shame this is. When September 11 rolls around this year, how would you feel to see a mattress ad with patriotic music blaring and flashy graphics declaring, “9/11 BLOWOUT SALE!” and an announcer screaming, “IT’S THE ANTI-TERROR EVENT OF THE SEASON”? (In 10 or 20 years, when enough time has passed since 9/11, I promise we’ll see those ads, and no one will be offended.) No better is a woman on the Macy’s commercial with claims like the holiday was “invented for shopping” or any of the other such ads. I would be much more willing to buy from a store that advertises with a quiet message urging Americans to always remember the veterans. A simple company logo, and that’s it. That’s respect. One of the phrases I hear a lot, starting the Friday before Memorial Day, is, “Happy Memorial Day Weekend!”. Well, what do you mean? Memorial Day is no happy day, and the weekend is not some event. This phrase is integrated into Americans’ view that the day is just a day off — a break from work and from life. People boast about their Memorial Day barbecues and Memorial Day parties. I’m not complaining about a day off. And I’m not condemning fun. But the tone of Memorial Day has been completely cheapened and changed. In other countries, streets are quiet and somber music is played. Where is this here, in a place where wars are so particularly pivotal and world-changing? Reflect in whatever way is important to you — but please, never forget. Andrew Phelps      |
Thank you for posting your remembrances at the Foxhole today.
An outstanding achievement.
Thank you :-)
Thank you feather.
Sam and I will soon be headed out to our local Military Cemetery to pay our own tribute to the fallen. We'll stop back into the Foxhole this afternoon.
Thank you PE.
Thank you Mayor.
Thank you EGC.
Great picture alfa6, thanks.
I can't find ti now, but I saw a thread earlier today with pictures of the same, I think, Honor Detail performing a burial at sea.
Howdy ma'am
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Captain Charles Lee Cover Jr.
WWII Commander of USS Aucilla AO-56
Ret. USNR
Morning Snippy!
Good morning, PE.
Thank You for the pictures.
Lest we forget.
Only if you don't have to wear one. :-)
Fine picture, alfa6, thank you.
Hi miss Feather. No forgeting going on here.
Hiya Sam
Having never taken the opportunity I shan't assume wither way.
Well, I can't make it yet through the first paragraph of any of those (I'm sure) lovely letters/articles that Snippy and Sam posted. First thing I saw on my comment's page was alfa6's photo of the memorial at sea. I will have to read after I'm settled more.
So, with all these tears in my eyes and true memorial of all those who have given their lives for my personal freedom I'd just like to add a little prayer for our nation to the Foxhole this morning.
Father, in the precious Name of Jesus I life up this nation to You. Lord our nation was founded as a nation upon Your Name and Your principles. Father, our liberty and our freedom in You has required the shed blood not only of Your Son Jesus, but also of the sons and daughters of America. Lord, I lift up each and every one of those sons and daughters today. I ask that this be a day of peace for remaining family members of those men and women. And Lord, for the ones who were lost so far in the past that there is no one to remember, I REMEMBER LORD. I remember that no blood has been shed in the defense of this nation that wasn't for me, my children, my family and my friends. Lord, I thank you that there are those who valued liberty enough to sacrifice and I sacrifice this day in remembrance to them.
Lord, on this day I also ask that you give special blessing to all those who are serving and have served our nation in the U.S. armed forces in the past. There are many who will read this who have served. Lord, I ask that you reward them with blessing as they read. In Jesus Name. Amen
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