(Photo by: Jusben @morguefile.com)
Honoring all of those who have died in our nations service.
Memorial day is tomorrow. This holiday became official in 1869. Originally it was was called 'decoration day' as it was tradition to honor the fallen by laying flowers on their graves.
This photo is of my son carrying a banner of a fallen soldier in a memorial day parade last year with his scout troop. When the troop passed with these banners a hush fell over the crowd and the onlookers stood. The reverence from a crowd that was only moments earlier laughing, talking, and ooohing and awwwing over the different floats is something I do not think I will ever forget.
To see more about Memorial day history you can visit USMemorialDay.Org.
LisaLovesHolidays has a great write up as well.
3 Comments:
Jessa, How proud of your son you must be! What a credit to his character to carry this wonderful banner! Our dear men and women who have fallen must be remembered! Thanks for this patriotic post and for the link to the history of Memorial Day.
Have a blessed weekend!
Yvonne
Thanks, We all need to remember our all of our Armed Forces. The holiday has become so commercialized with sales and whatnot, most people forget. Again, thanks. and stop by to see me sometime. Found you via "MM"
Thanks for sharing this with us Heather, I can imagine how neat that must have been. And thanks for mentioning my blog! I appreciate that! :0)
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