Memorial Day

Hope everybody enjoys the day whatever is on your schedule and not forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 

dxman92 said:

Hope everybody enjoys the day whatever is on your schedule and not forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 

Thanks for posting. Putting the flag out now.

Had my flags out at sunrise. 

I am fortunate that no friends or family were lost in service, though I have many who served. My thoughts are with those who gave all and their families. 

I was up at sunrise as well, and sat for a long time in the garden thinking about those who have given their lives for our freedom. 

Thank you.

always and forever .... 

My son lives in Boston so he went to the Commons see the 37,000 flags to represent the lives of MA citizens since the Revolutionary war. Wow!

I posted this on another thread here with a link to what I was listening to, but the text expresses my thoughts:

Happy Memorial Day, folks. I'm at the firepit listening to contemporary saxaphone jazz and drinking Bordeaux wine, and thinking about our Veterans who are no longer with us. I feel lucky and thankful. Today I put a geranium on my brother's grave (US Navy Seabees, MCB 40, served a tour in Phu Bai, Viet Nam, 1969). He came home after his tour (no medals of valor), had a good civilian life, but passed away at a young age in 2005. Anyway, I'm thankful for every veterans' service. And I'm fortunate to be where I am doing what I'm doing right now because of you.

Yes, thank you, everyone, who served and whose families also made big sacrifices. 

My wife and I have been visiting military cemeteries on Memorial Day. This year we were visiting my parents, but on the way home we stumbled up these headstones. They look too new and we can't find much info online, but still poking around.