Korean War Memorial in Washington DC. Dad never got to visit it by I did photgraph it and talk to him about it.
Memorial Day is always a special day to me. As a boy growing up I remember my parents taking us to the town parade and then on to the cemetery for the formal ceremonies. As I got older I marched a number of times in the parade and took a more active role. Those were special days.
I also recall school assemblies where we had Veterans from a number of the wars talk to us about patriotism and love for our great country. I wish I could recall more specifically what was said and some of the names of those great men. I do know we had a number of them that fought in the Spanish American war .(I guess that tells my age) At the time America was at war in Vietnam but I don’t recall any of those Veterans in our assemblies but that was as we know an unpopular war.
In 2001 on Memorial Day our family gathered to lay my Dad to rest after he had passed away the previous Thanksgiving. Living in Maine burials have to wait till the thaw to happen so it seemed fitting that the man that taught me about God & Country was laid to rest then. Dad had served in Korea and he rarely talked about it but we knew it was important to him. There is no doubt the experience shaped his life and much of that experience we’ll never know.
Today we have a number of families that grieve the loss of a loved one from the current war against radical Islam. We also have a number of folks that are returning wounded and need our support. Thank You to all that have served and to those who are currently serving know you are in our daily prayers. God Bless
