MEMORIAL DAY 2019

[M-61]

Driving through my small town I pass many rural cemeteries. Flags are already in place at the tombstones of veterans. All snapping smartly in the cool breeze.
When you search MEMORIAL DAY on the internet you are besieged with ads for sales. Big sales. Some are offended by this. I may have been at one time. But those sales remind me of the sacrifices made by so many that allow these stores to truly be free. To do what they want freely. As they say "Freedom is not free".
When you drive to these stores keep in mind the cemeteries with their flags. Those men and women died so that freedom remained in this country, and many others.
Maybe the real MEMORIAL is actually the whole United States of America. All the churches, stores, businesses, and people. Free.
We only must reflect on how this has stayed for over 200 years. Pause for a moment and recall those cemeteries. The cost is horrific. But there is no better life anywhere because of the price that was paid by so many.
Oh... what a price! Oh ...what a country!

 

[Willie]

@ M-61, great post.

 

[pirate ammo]

a lot of my good friends are in those cemeteries,hopefully someone planted a flag.

 

[M-61]

a lot of my good friends are in those cemeteries,hopefully someone planted a flag.

Every year one of my brothers and I place an American flag on three grave site sites in Nova Scotia Canada. Three Canadians who enlisted in the US Armed Forces and were KIA in Viet Nam. We are happy to see the flags remain in place....only beaten up by the weather.
I always like to think other Vets grave sites off the beaten path are also taken care of on Memorial Day.
Hopefully your friends may be also.

 

[1K6BRA]

I planted flowers at the cemetery today for my parents and grandparents. My father was a Korean war veteran and both of my grandfathers were World War I veterans. I was thinking of the sacrifices they must have made while planting the flowers. My grandfathers passed away when I was a child and I was fortunate to have my father until just five years ago. He did not speak about his experiences in that war. I did not start to fully appreciate the sacrifices made for me and all of us until I got to be in my 30s.I noticed many flags in the cemetery today and some of them had been blown over or put in incorrectly. I went around and straightened up a number of them and thanked these men for their service to our country although I never knew any of them. This memorial day if you’re given a chance to thank a veteran don’t be bashful because you don’t know them,thank them for their service to your country. God bless the United States of America and the men and women that have served so bravely and faithfully.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

I will march again this Memorial Day. It’s not really a march but rather a walk. Detroit Firemen have marched to Elmwood or Mt. Elliot Cemeteries every year on the last Monday of May since 1863. That’s a year before Memorial Day was proclaimed in Washington and it was the one year anniversary of the Ferry-Morse fire that killed 24 of the then 400 members of Detroit Fire Department. On this day we remember the fallen firefighters who have given their lives for the citizens of Detroit. There are more than 800 men buried in those two cemeteries. Still, we also remember the fallen military on this day, as we should.

 

[PatMiles]

 

[mike06]

Buried my old brother in April at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St.Louis found a uncle that I did not know that he was buried there a WW2 Vet. I have way too many classmates on that wall.

 

[JFrank]

 

[338 Mollett]

James Ronnie Mollette panel 7e line 10 !Estill Vern Mollett 3yrs. Army 20yrs .USAF.God keep you safe !

 

[jonbearman]

May God Bless our Troops no matter where they are in the world. Our Veterans who gave it all, we owe our entire existence to them. To those living you are in my prayers. Please honor our vets.When I see vets in public I thank them for their service and offer my hand for a firm hand shake. One vet (marine) ,I shook his hand and thanked him and he gave me a Marine coin which I will cherish. Please put flags on all vets graves from your families and friends.God Bless our Men and Women of the armed forces.

 

[SAP]

Driving through my small town I pass many rural cemeteries. Flags are already in place at the tombstones of veterans. All snapping smartly in the cool breeze.
When you search MEMORIAL DAY on the internet you are besieged with ads for sales. Big sales. Some are offended by this. I may have been at one time. But those sales remind me of the sacrifices made by so many that allow these stores to truly be free. To do what they want freely. As they say "Freedom is not free".
When you drive to these stores keep in mind the cemeteries with their flags. Those men and women died so that freedom remained in this country, and many others.
Maybe the real MEMORIAL is actually the whole United States of America. All the churches, stores, businesses, and people. Free.
We only must reflect on how this has stayed for over 200 years. Pause for a moment and recall those cemeteries. The cost is horrific. But there is no better life anywhere because of the price that was paid by so many.
Oh... what a price! Oh ...what a country!

I get so disgusted with individuals that are trying to take this country to socialism. We live in the greatest country and many take it for granted. So many sacrificed there lives for the freedoms and opportunities that we endure today. For that I am ever greatful and respectful of all those that served in our arm forces to give us what we have. Some gave all and all gave some. I will never forget!

 

[Jammer Six]

I get so disgusted with individuals that are trying to take this country to socialism.

You're really bringing politics into a thread about Memorial Day?

That tells me you don't get Memorial Day, and you're too preoccupied with fear to listen.

 

[Downhill]

My father in law would spend countless hours researching the graves at small cemeteries here in central Texas. his passion was marking the graves of Civil War veterans. Union or Confederacy. When he had all the needed information he would send off for the military foot marker. We would then go install them at the various small cemeteries( some of these places are where small towns use to be or even back into a ranch) long forgotten by most. Every Memorial Day we would all go to place flags. When we started this my children were very young. Now in their 20's they still remember the locations of of the veterans their grandad spent so much time researching and honoring. Since he passed, being a Navy vet himself his site is always the first to get a flag.

 

[SDWhirlwind]

Thanks Chuck and all Vets for your sacrifices and service. Wishing you well this weekend and Memorial Day Chuck.

 

[riflewoman]

This is the Tomb of The Unknown at Arlington National cemetery. It contains the remains of a fallen US Soldier from World War I. In front of it is the crypt that contained the remains of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam war. It is now empty and the inscription reads “Honoring and Keeping Faith with America's Missing Servicemen." It is now thought that with modern identification practices, no further remains will be “Known but to God”.

There are many still unaccounted for from all nations and all wars throughout the history of armed conflict. This post is dedicated to their memory. Lest we forget.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

I marched (walked) today with Detroit Fire Department to Elmwood Cemetery. Detroit Firemen’s Fund maintains grave site there and at Mt. Elliot Cemetery for our fallen. During World War I there were seven (7) Detroit Firemen drafted that did not come back. In that same time 20 firemen died in their service to the city in fire related deaths. During World War II six (6) Detroit Firemen perished over there while five died in fire related death. I guess what I’m trying to say is service to God and Country is admirable and deadly no matter how and who you serve. Three active firemen were killed in Korea and I didn’t have time to check fire related deaths in that time frame.

 

[pirate ammo]

A lot of my friends may be gone,but they live with me everyday.

 

[Cecil S.]

We must never forget those who have served and given all. We must celebrate the warrior life they lived and chose to sacrifice for God and country. Enjoy their day remember them and celebrate their life.