I say happy Memorial Day not because it is a three day weekend or the start of summer fun but because you should be happy to live in the USA and happy for the rights we have and our liberties to enjoy them. We would not have them if not for the ultimate sacrifice made by so many of our military service members who lost their lives for our great nation and for us and that is why it should be a solemn day as well as a happy one. Take at least a moment if not most of the day to think of they in our military who perished during war or other conflict while fighting for the USA.
Although written by a Canadian, this poem says it all about the sacrifices made by too many military troops.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. The author, lost his life in WW I.All the best,Glenn B
