Memorial day 2024

Commander Wallace · 05-27-24, 10:08 AM

For many, this day serves as a backdrop for the beginning of Summer and all that goes with it. Memorial day is in fact a day to remember those that have made the ultimate sacrifice in the very freedoms we all enjoy. This solemn day was unofficially created three years after the Civil War ended May 5, 1868 to place flags on the graves of honored dead.

In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, N.Y., the
“birthplace” of Memorial Day.

https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/...ate/memday.pdf

While this is a traditional American Holiday, I also think of our vets from England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France and other countries whom the United States fought alongside and whose citizens in their respective countries military arms died in the preservation of life, Liberty and Freedom.

August · 05-27-24, 10:35 AM

This is my dad just before the end of his tour in Vietnam. Little did we know he already had been exposed to enough Agent Orange to kill him. Rest in Peace pop.

05-27-24, 10:08 AM	#1
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,021 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	Memorial day 2024 For many, this day serves as a backdrop for the beginning of Summer and all that goes with it. Memorial day is in fact a day to remember those that have made the ultimate sacrifice in the very freedoms we all enjoy. This solemn day was unofficially created three years after the Civil War ended May 5, 1868 to place flags on the graves of honored dead. In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, N.Y., the “birthplace” of Memorial Day. https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/...ate/memday.pdf While this is a traditional American Holiday, I also think of our vets from England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France and other countries whom the United States fought alongside and whose citizens in their respective countries military arms died in the preservation of life, Liberty and Freedom.

05-27-24, 10:35 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,706 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is my dad just before the end of his tour in Vietnam. Little did we know he already had been exposed to enough Agent Orange to kill him. Rest in Peace pop. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.