Decoration Day

Hey, I've got an idea!   Stop by a war memorial, a veteran's park, the VA Hospital, your local cemetery.  Plant a flag.  Buy a veteran lunch.  Take some time this weekend to think of your grandfather, your brother, your father, your uncle, your neighbor, and the various women, along with men, who sacrificed to protect our freedom. 

If you can read this dribble of mine on the internet, thank a veteran.

Fort Rosecrans, 2008

Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed annually in the United States on the last Monday of May. 

Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War  to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War. (Southern ladies organizations and southern schoolchildren had decorated Confederate graves in Richmond and other cities during the Civil War, but each region had its own date. Most dates were in May.) By the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died in all wars. Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces  (from Wikipedia).