Really bugs me when people say "Happy Memorial Day". It's NOT "happy". It's very solemn; There's nothing "happy" about it.
To our fallen I say Thank You for your ultimate sacrifice, and may God hold and keep you close.
Admiral Yamamoto infamously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
And so it should be, a nation of riflemen....
Thanks for all the well-wishes on Facebook. Went to the Hu Hot Mongolian BBQ , and it was great, as always. And yes, all the memes saying ...
By making it a 3 day weekend Federal holiday we have to an extent cheapened it and diluted it's meaning. Same with other 3 day weeker holidays.
ReplyDeleteMy post on this topic will go live tomorrow. It seems that the US has almost constantly been in one skirmish or another where lives are lost.
ReplyDeleteMeans more to me now since my youngest son died early because of service injuries. First in our family in four generations.
ReplyDeleteAmen
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