Safe weekend to you too.

Thank you. As the wife and mother of Vets, this is always a wonderful weekend!

Jane

Snidely, my father (Army) died from war inflicted injuries during WW2. I did not add that in my post.

Jane

Jane, that's very sad for all concerned. I'm sorry that you and your family, and your father, were affected by such a tragic outcome of national service.

Memorial Day is intended to be a solemn weekend commemoration just the same. I remember as a young teenager in the mid-1960s, as the member of a marching band, we played funereal music at a Memorial Day service at a veteran's cemetery. It was a very sad scene.

Thank you, it is a sad day.

Jane

I think you are missing the meaning totally, it's for family & friends to gather and "Remember" = Memorializing all the fallen heroes in the military= which most of us have someone in our near or distant past. Yes, we have pride in our country and our flag which stood proudly on many battlefields. So what is it I do not get again???

Memorial Day for most people has parted from its original meaning, in modern practice it's become a three day weekend for recreation and barbecue parties, as your graphic suggests. You surely know that Memorial Day is really about visits to cemeteries and memorials, where flowers and flags are often put on graves of servicemen. Especially at federal vet cemeteries. Religious ceremonies are often held.

If to you that's "pride, warmth, and togetherness for friends and family", there's nothing more to say.

It's for Remembrance no matter where you are or if you visit a cemetery! and our Military takes great pride in our flag and what it stands for as do I.

Well, here in Washington, DC people come from all over to ride in Rolling Thunder. Idid it for 13 years. We do it to never forget the Missing in Action (MIAs). We want them brought home. It is not a celebration and nobody is wishing each other a happy memorial day. It is a day of remembrance and looking for POWs or Prisoners of War.

We should have our flags out and a lot of people too. It is also a day or a weekend of shopping and sales. I am sorry to say that the original meaning is lost. I have carried returning heroes/ warriors on my bike. We go to the Pentagon and if it is their first time there as a wounded warrior we meet up with others where they can comfort each other. there is always someone in a Tiger Cage which is a replica of the way our prisoners of war were treated. Horrible Thousands and thousands show up for this event and we ride through Washington and over to the Vietnam Memorial. The streets are filled with people standing on the sideline cheering us as we go by for taking the chance to keep our country safe. I don't know what I am fixing this post as no one is listening.