Memorial Day

My friend Glenda from He gives a Song, gave me permission to share this with you. I think it portrays what Memorial Day is about so well! We are blessed to live in a country where we are not forced to fly our flag, but because of the sacrifices made by our military men and women, I for one, am proud to do it!
Thanks to all those past and present that have defended our country. A special thanks to my son Andrew, who is returned to the USA in February, after a year in Afghanistan.
Hope you all have a good Memorial Day!

Memorial Day

I hope all of you had a nice day today. I had the day off, but Bob and Heather were working. My sister Cheri and I decided to stop at the cemetery where my Mom is buried.
It was a good day to pay our respects to her and to walk around and see the many headstones with flags for the veterans.

I took this in our local cemetery. You can see the flags scattered throughout it.

I don't know who this man was, but we stopped to look at his simple headstone, and the mark of his service to our country.
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We had our daughter Laura, and her husband Aaron over for supper. After supper we took a walk outside to see the flowers that are blooming.

They had to check out this new bench Bob made, and tucked in the back of the yard.

Here they are performing some type of rain dance! Actually, this is a mosquito dance. There were so many mosquito's, we could hardly walk. I had to laugh at everyone walking around, shaking their arms, although I was doing the same thing!
As usual, we had lots of fun. There is no shortage of laughter when we are together!

Memorial Day

I saw this on Mike's blog and thought it portrayed the reason for this day well. Here's what he had to say about it:
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"Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.
Remember Freedom is not free,some one paid for it with their lives. If you can read this, Thank a Teacher. Since You have the freedom to read this,Thank a Veteran. "

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is observed in the United States on the last Monday of May every year. It was first observed in 1873. Recently there have been concerns that it has just turned into another 3 day weekend. I must admit that if I have the day off, I often think it's a great time to plant flowers. Americans are being asked to stop what they are doing at 3:00pm on Monday, and pause and reflect for one minute on the sacrifices of our veterans and those currently serving to protect our freedom.
We owe such a debt to those who died, served in years past and to those currently serving. I so appreciate those who are serving now, whether they are stateside or overseas. Of course I especially want to thank my son. I'm proud of you, Andy. Thanks for what you do!