May 28, 2007
Memorial Day
Written by Jenna Petersen in Jaunty PostThis is just a brief message to say Happy Memorial Day to all of our visitors. I don’t actually think about my freedom much. It’s not quite something I take for granted, but I’m just so accostomed to being able to do what I do, say what I say, vote what I vote, that I often don’t remember that there are hundreds of places all over the world where I would not be able to do so.
The freedom I have was earned on the backs and through the blood of others, through hundreds of years of our history. So today I say thank you. Which is woefully inadequate, but the words area all I have. A thank you also goes out to the families of those who wait for the ones giving us our freedom on a day-to-day basis.
So Happy Memorial Day everyone!
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AndreaW Says:
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, EVERYONE!!
Rainy Says:
May we all remember the loved ones no longer with us and keep their memories alive in our hearts.
My parents and the older generations seem especially good at visiting cemetaries on Memorial Day and other special occasions. They visit the gravesites, maybe putting down flowers and just going by to remember them.
I have to confess that I am not so good at that. My parents are still alive as are many of my close relatives, but I wonder if I will be as faithful at visiting cemetaries as that older generation.