Unlike other traditional-holiday acknowledgements, Memorial Day perhaps holds different meanings to American countrymen. That meaning is impacted depending upon one's age, experiences, service to country and loss of love ones. Since we are each appointed a time to be born and a time to die, we are each destine to become a part of the recognition and celebration of 'Memorial Day.'
The young and old will attend ceremonies today. American flags will line various walkways and avenues, graves will be adorn with flowers and mementos remembrances while words of affirmation, love and appreciation for those who shared our journey and protected that journey will flow freely from our lips. We will remember. On this day, I would offer a verse from a song that I often heard my grandfather E.V. Bennett sing:
"Precious memories how they linger how they ever flood my soul,
In the stillness of the midnight precious sacred scenes unfold."
Legacy matters and the legacy of LOVE matters most.
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