Memorial Day

[Auld Phart]

 

[MaryL]

We remember our fallen comrades, fathers, our neighbors our brothers.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[skye]

Bless them each and every one of them!

 

[elektra]

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Too many think it's national cook out day

Bless them all

 

[Oddball]

 

[Road Runner]

Thank you to all that have served and may you rest in peace.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[georgephillip]

Memorial Day: A day without politics or a celebration of those who fought for justice and liberation?

"What we now know as Memorial Day began as 'Decoration Day' in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War.

"It was a tradition initiated by former slaves to celebrate emancipation and commemorate those who died for that cause.

"These days, Memorial Day is arranged as a day 'without politics'—a general patriotic celebration of all soldiers and veterans, regardless of the nature of the wars in which they participated.

"This is the opposite of how the day emerged, with explicitly partisan motivations, to celebrate those who fought for justice and liberation.."

The revolutionary origins of Memorial Day and its political hijacking