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• Enjoy your Memorial Weekend, but always remember it is more than cook outs, store sales promotions, and welcoming the beginning of summer...
  • Well said, Jim. My parents always called it Decoration Day. *NM*
  • Thanks for the lecture--but you missed something.
    • Sorry you took it as a lecture, You are right Terry, you were a LEO, and I was a Soldier, we both took pride in our chosen professions and served proudly. Thanks for your service. Every year I see people saying Happy Memorial Day! online and it is upsetting to me that
    • As a Veteran(U.S. Navy-1956/1960), AND a retired Correctional Officer(20 years "active", plus 5 year "buyout", as I was 65 that year, I thank you! "All gave some, some gave ALL." *NM*
    • Amen, Terry. *NM*
    • Largely true, Terry, but you also missed something.
  • I live in rural Iowa. A town not far from us has a Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery, where they read the names of all the veterans, dating back to the Civil War, interred there. Very touching and patriotic. *NM*
    • I come from SW Minnesota. They do the same remembrance going back to WWI. *NM*
  • Always a sad day to me. Vietnam Vet 66-67 U.S. Air Force 65-69. Lost friends and Brother-in-Law (Purple Heart). *NM*
    • Where were you stationed over there?? *NM*
      • F-4 Aircraft Electrician. Udon Thani, Udorn Air Base, Thailand. *NM*
        • I worked many years with a guy who I believe was stationed at the same field, servicing B52s, but I'm pretty sure he was there later than you. I spent 2 1/2 years in Danang, USN *NM*
  • Re: Enjoy your Memorial Weekend, but always remember it is more than cook outs, store sales promotions, and welcoming the beginning of summer...
    • You lost me with your comment "your political BS" verbiage. *NM*
      • Jason, you're very good at criticizing folks AND you never post a build. Maybe if you spent time--constructive time--building some AND POSTED them, this site would benefit. *NM*
        • I don't criticize folks that often,AND Idon't havea way to upload photos ( I now have a cellphone camera...
        • Hmmm... that self-righteous verbiage smel-oops, I mean sounds familiar...izzat you Ken ? *NM*
          • ha ha... *NM*