Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Bad Boy Biker wrote:
Happy?? Memorial Day. Remembering our war dead, happy?

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Never understood a HAPPY Memorial Day.

dannytas wrote:
Memorial Day and Veterans Day...Both days of thanksgiving...One for those that died protecting our country and the other for those that served protecting our country...If you want a good perspective, ask a Veteran about Memorial Day...I learned something that I could never "know"...

Good explanation. My son, a soldier in the National Guard, has served for 6 years and counting, since he was 17. He asks me not to thank him for his service on Veteran's Day. He has not been deployed and doesn't not consider himself a veteran. I can do so on Armed Forces Day.

Memorial Day and Veterans Day...Both days of thanksgiving...One for those that died protecting our country and the other for those that served protecting our country...If you want a good perspective, ask a Veteran about Memorial Day...I learned something that I could never "know"...

Lets us remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice on this solemn occasion.

Freedom is expensive, it is won at the expense of lifes, some of my good friends are interred in military cementeries, the last one at Fort Rosecrans in San Diego, rest in peace Master Chief and all who gave all for us to be free.

Thank you.

navegator

Bad Boy Biker wrote:
Happy?? Memorial Day. Remembering our war dead, happy?

Yes. Happy. As a vet with lost friends and family, it is a resounding yes. Be happy.

Happy we continue to live in the greatest country on earth. Happy that although war is tragic, it is sometimes necessary, and our freedoms have been protected from those who would destroy it.

You don't have to agree with war to remember our troops going back to the Revolutionary War. Everything we enjoy, from free speech to RVing, clean water to a decent burger joint, good medical care to relative safety within our borders.....it was all bought and paid for with the sacrifices of our brave men and women in the military. Memorial Day is about remembering those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. It's ok to be happy about it. PROUD of it.

Nothing is perfect. But this country is about as close as it gets because of our troops who gave it all. Rejoice in that.

Happy Memorial Day everyone. Semper Fi

Let's not forget the reason for Memoral Day, it is a day to remember those that have paid the ultimate price to protect our Freedom!

If you have an opportunity this weekend thank a Veteran for their service.

Happy?? Memorial Day. Remembering our war dead, happy?

I bet some of you old timers remember Betty Boop.