Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Some think it honors active military personnel. Veterans Day is for that purpose.

 

 

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Tex
Tex
May 27, 2024 9:05 am

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Jack
Jack
May 27, 2024 9:54 am

Thanks Bogey, there are too many who fail to remember, and think only about the day off.

Hands63
Hands63
May 27, 2024 12:13 pm

If the left gets its way, this day too shall vanish from the calendar

Prefectdt
Prefectdt
May 27, 2024 1:16 pm

We will remember them.

Prefectdt