Remember the fallen, celebrate their lives Though you realize that Monday, the 27th of May will be a solemn day of remembrance, the three-day break from work offers two days before Memorial Day when you can rest, organize your thoughts, or put them aside for a time. You can have a picnic or barbecue with family or friends and celebrate life as you honor the fallen.
The day is also known as Decoration Day because of the tradition of decorating the graves of service people, a custom that dates back to the time just after the Civil War.
Those who gave their lives in more recent wars are fresh in our memories. Though they died far from home, their sacrifice was made to protect our homeland from foreign intruders and to preserve democracy around the world.
Memorial Day honors all who gave their lives in past wars as well. Almost everyone has a family member who fell during the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Viet Nam and in other foreign engagements. On this day, we remember them, tell stories about them, pray for them and honor them.
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