In this article and podcast, she discusses repatriation, a program that is helping to find, identify, and bring home the remains of some of the estimated 28,000 deceased men and women that never returned from their military service. I heard a very heartwarming podcast this week on Amy Johnson Crow’s website. Some people meld their thoughts about Veterans Day and Memorial Day into just feeling gratitude for those who have served or are still serving in the military forces, in any conflict where our freedoms have been fought for or protected. Over the years Memorial Day has evolved and changed. Other do both and picnic in the cemeteries! For those of us that are genealogists, we might even go into Find-A-Grave and leave virtual flowers to honor our deceased ancestors. For some of us, it is the day to remember all of our deceased family and friends, a day to visit the cemeteries and leave flowers at the grave sights of our loved ones. For others, it is a day off work, a time to picnic and a celebration the first glimmer of summer. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, a day of gratitude, and a day of reflection for many of us. Some people did not like the term holiday being used for this time of remembering those lost in battle, It is the soberest of holidays, in the minds of many who feel it deserves more reverence and respect. It was not recognized as a National holiday, however, in the United States until 1971. Here is an article I found interesting about 8 things you may not know about Memorial Day. It began as Decoration Day in 1866 after the Civil War had ended in the U.S. I enjoyed researching Memorial Day this week. While the first commemorative Memorial Day events weren’t held in the United States until the late 19th century, the practice of honoring those who have fallen in battle dates back thousands of years.
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