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....
And the weather has been gorgeous since my last post. Cool breezes, puffy clouds, blue skies kind of weather. Had a few little spritzes of ...
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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