M E M O R I A L - D A Y



























Originally, the holiday was called Decoration Day,

established to honor America's Civil War dead on May 30, 1868, at the urging of the Grand Army of the Republic "for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades."


In that great conflagration, an America much smaller than today's lost 618,000 dead in four years.

Since then, many more have fallen in many more wars. And over the decades, the memorial has been expanded to honor the American dead of all those wars,

from Bunker Hill to Kuwait City.


We are grateful, this weekend, that the nation is at peace with its world neighbors and generally has been for some time now, without facing danger of a major war.

Thus, Memorial Day and the long, lazy weekend are by all means fit for enjoyment.




































































































Remember the BLUE ANGELS
that great flying team.
RiverSongs has a great
flash page tribute that I enclose here.


BLUE ANGELS













Take a moment to honor those who kept America Free to celebrate with Bar-B-Q cookouts today.
















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