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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*
- 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*
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