MORE EMPTY SPACES WHERE ONCE WALKED OUR HEROES

MEMORIAL DAY

2012

REPOSTED FROM

MEMORIAL DAY

2011

I'ts been a year since I first posted this

Memorial Day remembrance.

I think of those

men and women who have dedicated their

lives for our country .... some giving their lives.

I pray for those families ... and for the loved ones

we've said goodby to.

Thank you,

for the memories deeply engrained in our hearts and lives

because "you" never leave us ....... 

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         Memorial Day officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by
General John Logan, national commander ot the Grand Army of the Republic. It was first observed on May 30, 1868 when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetary.

Red Poppies

In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields"

Moina Michael wrote this poem:

"We cherish too,

the Poppy red,

that grows on fields

where valor led,

It seems to signal to the skies

that blood of heroes never dies."

The tradition of wearing Red Poppies on Memorial Day

is to honor those who died serving the nation during war.

Moina Michael was the first to wear a

Red Poppy,

and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers,

with the money going to benefit servicemen in need.

" .... the blood of heroes never dies."

We would do well

to remember all those

who served  in times of "war"

....

helping  us to heal.

Thank you.