[onyx]

Yep. I never associate “happy” with Memorial Day either. Growing up, it was always cemetery day.

[ScaniaBoy]

The title is partly my fault since I linked to Conservatives4Palin rather than to her Facebook page. The title is Steve Flesher' doing, although Sarah used the greeting in the last line of her post.

However, no doubt at all that she understands the meaning of the Memorial Day as shown by the cartoons she added later on:

[The Cajun]

Yep. I never associate “happy” with Memorial Day either.

Think it makes a difference if you know somebody who served and has now passed or somebody who served and lost his life.

Can't help but think of an old friend when I was a kid, WWI Vet, master carpenter and cabinet maker.
Taught me everything I know about woodworking and good amount of common sense to boot.

Also remember a close high school friend who lost his life in Vietnam.
It's been 47 years and my old school friends and I always talk about him when we get together, was a good guy, probably had more sense than the rest of us put together.

Does make a difference in how you think about Memorial Day.