Memorial Day

[Armistead]

With Memorial Day coming up, I want to thank all those that served with our armed forces! A big thank you to you all!

[Rockstar]

In before Sailor Steve

[Sailor Steve]

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[Jimbuna]

In before Sailor Steve

Hardly...Steve was there.

[Commander Wallace]

A big thank you and salute to all those who served in uniform and made enormous sacrifices and in many cases, made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. :salute:

[cdrsubron7]

Same, from my neck of the woods. Thanks to everyone who serve's our country in the military. God Bless! :salute:

[HW3]

I appreciate the wishes but, Memorial Day in the United States is for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces.

So you see the living veterans holiday is Veterans Day, while Memorial Day is for our brothers who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

:salute:

[Kaptlt.Endrass]

I appreciate the wishes but, Memorial Day in the United States is for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces.

So you see the living veterans holiday is Veterans Day, while Memorial Day is for our brothers who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

:salute:

You beat me to it.

Back in England, we celebrated the two together on Remembrance Sunday, but my family changed it up once we moved back here. One way or another, though, I propose a toast at noon Greenwich time Monday to those who gave thier lives so we can have our freedoms that we have.

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We shall remember them."
-Robert Laurence Binyon, 'For the Fallen'

[Jimbuna]

~SALUTE~

[Sailor Steve]

Well said, HW3.

Or, to steal a phrase, I'M NOT DEAD YET!

[Platapus]

Well said, HW3.

Or, to steal a phrase, I'M NOT DEAD YET!

Only mostly dead. :D

[Armistead]

I appreciate the wishes but, Memorial Day in the United States is for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces.

So you see the living veterans holiday is Veterans Day, while Memorial Day is for our brothers who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

:salute:

I simply said I wanted to thank all that has served, which obviously is those that have died.... Don't overthink your political correctness.....

[Sailor Steve]

Oh, we appreciate the sentiment, but Memorial Day is in memoriam, in memory of someone who is no longer with us.

And pointing out the truth is not PC, however you may want to label it. :sunny:

[Rockstar]

I thought for sure Sailor Steve was going to be the first one to make the correction. Guess I was wrong :)

[HW3]

And I said I appreciated the wishes. I was simply pointing out that the dead have their day, and the living have their day. As a veteran (US Air Force 69-76), I feel the attention on Memorial Day belongs solely to our dead, they earned it.

[Sailor Steve]

I thought for sure Sailor Steve was going to be the first one to make the correction. Guess I was wrong :)
Sometimes the obvious whooshes right by me. I'm the guy who spent five minutes searching my apartment for my keys, all the while I was twirling them in my other hand.

Hey, maybe I am dead.

Seriously, though, sometimes I do sit and think about all the ones who didn't come home from my war, or any other.

[Aktungbby]

Hey, maybe I am dead.


NO! When I can't find my reading glasses ....they're usually on top of my head!:oops: ...and then I can't remember what it was I wanted to read! Hey new theory: My brain( the bigger one) is in one 'box'...My corpus-no longer dilecti- is in another and I'm being bombarded by decaying solar photons due to less protective ozone as I approach irreversible objective collapse:dead: pending total decoherance :damn:
https://phototourismdc.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/arlington-cemetery-panorama1.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

(Or is that verbal diarrhoea?)

[Commander Wallace]

HW3 is right in saying Memorial day in the States belongs to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for their country . However, It's really hard not to pay tribute to those who have answered the call and although not lost their lives, a great many returned permanently injured. And then also honor those that served and thankfully returned home in one piece.

I know HW3 and others, including veterans, will understand and appreciate if those veterans are not only honored on Memorial Day but also on Veterans Day as well even though the day belongs to those who have fallen. Better to remember them and their sacrifices than not at all. Having said that, a big salute to our veterans here in the forum :salute:

[Wolferz]

I can't speak for all of my comrades in arms, both living and dead,
But we require no thanks for our service. We do appreciate the recognition of our sacrifice.
:salute: