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Memorial Day 2020, what is it really about
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:24 pm
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Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2020 occurs on Monday, May 25.
Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. Unofficially, it marks the beginning of the summer season.
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And some records show that one of the earliest Memorial Day commemoration was organized by a group of freed slaves in Charleston, South Carolina less than a month after the Confederacy surrendered in 1865. Nevertheless, in 1966 the federal government declared Waterloo, New York, the official birthplace of Memorial Day.
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The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.
On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.
This post was edited on 5/24/20 at 8:43 pm
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Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:26 pm to tduecen
What a depressing thread my man
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:28 pm to tduecen
Sorry I have, but only 1 upvote to give. It is the real reason.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:30 pm to tduecen
Put's it into perspective for sure....some gave all and frankly for most of us, that's hard to conceptualize into a "holiday." 
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:31 pm to tduecen
Tomorrow is a sad day. Humans have killed each other since the dawn of time. For those, especially children, of fallen service members, we are forever indebted to you.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:47 pm to tduecen
Originally? Remembrance of those who died during the War Between the States in the 1860's.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:18 pm to tduecen
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:20 pm to tduecen
Well according to NYT, you’re wrong. It’s about white supremacy. What a disgusting, disgusting article from NYT today.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:20 pm to tduecen
Thanks Saudi Arabia/corrupt politicians. 
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:25 pm to tduecen
Heartbreaking photos
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:28 pm to tduecen
True heroes, and deserving of our support.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 9:10 pm to tduecen
RIP
2nd Lt Kenneth Graff, USMC
1st Lt Aaron Seeson, USA
PO Nathan Bruckenthal, USCG
Good men, Good Americans. You are not forgotten.
2nd Lt Kenneth Graff, USMC
1st Lt Aaron Seeson, USA
PO Nathan Bruckenthal, USCG
Good men, Good Americans. You are not forgotten.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 9:29 pm to tduecen
As a dad, seeing little kids visit their dad's grave really kicks me in the gut.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 9:30 pm to tduecen
None of those pics are baws at the prop stop
Posted on 5/24/20 at 11:36 pm to tduecen
I thought Memorial Day was about Orange Beach?
Posted on 5/25/20 at 4:49 am to tduecen
Damn. That one got me.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 6:14 am to tduecen
Don't understand the OP down votes.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 6:22 am to tduecen
Thank you to the real heroes that made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. We thank you and honor you today. Prayers and peace to your families.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 6:24 am to tduecen
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Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May
I work every Memorial Day because I have the freedom to do so. Can’t think of a better way to honor our Vets.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 6:44 am to tduecen
You know, not to diminish Memorial Day or the sacrifices of those who died for this country in any way, but I can’t help but find it really distasteful to make a public showing of people’s very real and personal grief so that I and everyone else can have our heart strings tugged at. It seems just a bit selfish and invasive to immerse myself in pictures of people grieving, not really for an American hero, but a very important loved one in their life who’s been taken from them. It just seems like really private moments that I am intruding upon. Again, this is not to not appreciate their sacrifices in the least, but rather I can’t help but think we shouldn’t make a spectacle of these moments. They’re really personal and private moments, not public.
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