I just wanted to say thank you to all the veterans on the board for the service to our great country Thank You
Thanks for posting this, and ditto!
We had the honor to attend a Memorial Day ceremony at our local National Cemetery and helped put flags out. Some Girl Scouts played Taps.
These things get to me...no matter how old and cynical I become...they get to me. Sacrifice in giving one's life is a whole different category than giving up Saturday's evening at the movies or missing a concert we wanted to see, etc.
A grog for that Captain Smollett
And grog to jotruk for starting the thread.
Ditto that, too.
Since Memorial Day grew out of the what had been known as "Decoration Day" to remember the Union and Confederate soldiers war dead, it seemed fitting that the American Experience program broadcast earlier this evening was on this history. It is a sad [grim] story to watch, but "...explores an essential but largely overlooked aspect of the most pivotal event in American history."
It can be watched online here for those interested...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/death/?flavour=full