26/05/2024
Here's some ground rules for this weekend:
1. Don't wish a Veteran a Happy Memorial day. There is nothing happy about brave men and women dying. Be happy to enjoy the freedoms they provided you. This is not a day of remembrance for veterans that are alive.
2. It's not a holiday. It's a remembrance of those who died in combat
3. If you want to BBQ, grill or cookout do so.. but make sure you remember why we have this long weekend. Tell your kids why it's important.
4. Remember its not just about the "hero's" of movie and book fame, it's also about that Private who landed at Normandy, Baghdad, Vietnam, Korea or countless other battlefields large and small and died 2 minutes into his first combat action.
5. If you want to know the true meaning, visit Arlington or your local VA cemetery. Learn the story of why there are coins on the graves.
6. Patriotism is a great thing, show a flag in remembrance, but make sure its a flag of the US not some political movement (BLM, Blue stripe, Rebel flag etc).
7. Don't tell me how you almost joined, this is not about you (or me). Talk about Chesty Puller, George Patton, John Basilone, Dakota Meyer, Kyle Carpenter, Mitchell Paige, Ira Hayes, Chris Kyle and any other heroes too numerous to name.
8. Don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about. I have remembrances, and the burden, all too many times for warriors who now stand their post in front of God and history.
9. Say a prayer... and then another.
10. Remember the Fallen for all the Good they did while they were here.
11. Reach out and let a Vet know you're there, we're losing too many in "peace time".
Feel free to share, especially to non-vets
