National
Memorial Day in the USA is celebrated on the last Monday in May.
All men and
women, who gave their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces,
are commemorated on this day. National Memorial Day is formally known as Decoration
Day, the day that commemorated the Union and Confederate soldiers, who died
during the American Civil War. Later the day extended to honor all American
soldiers, who died while in the military service.
Traditionally,
the flag of the USA is raised briskly to the top of the flagstaff, then it is
lowered to the half-staff position. This position is chosen in remembrance of
those people, who died for their country. At noon the flag is raised to
full-staff as the symbol that the memory of dead soldiers is being raised by
the living. Their sacrifice was not in vain, that is why we rise up in their
honor and continue fighting for liberty and justice.
I’d would like
say thank you to those men and women who paid the ultimate price. We will
always remember the sacrifices of our nation’s heroes. We are deeply grateful.
In remembering
the fallen, we also honor their loved ones: spouses, fathers, mothers, sons,
daughters, sisters, brothers, friends. There really aren’t proper words, but we
do live in gratitude each and every day for the precious gift that they have
given to us.
“Those who have
long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to
win them.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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