Who else, with me?

Question

Who are you celebrating this Memorial day, and what are some great, fond memories of them you will always have of them?

Mine is my Grandma, who died in August, and the other is my boyfriend who died this February. I'm not going to say the memories, or I'll get carried away.......so do tell!! I'd love to hear.

(This is under Thanksgiving, because I THANK God for GIVING them to me)

Answer 1

in uk we don't really have thanksgiving but if had to celebrate someone it would be my son who i can't see much because his mother moved 400 miles away to be awkward! michaela me missus coz i love her/her son leon, and me grandad that passed away in 1995, miss im loads... me nan that gave me so much... and wierdly and sadly... the nazi's or my gran and grandad would never of had my mum, and i wouldn't be here! funny world isn't it?

Answer 2

To me Memorial Day is not a day of celebration. Why on earth would I want to celebrate the death of these poor men and women, who have lost their lives. Do we really think they wanted to die in the name of what?

It is a day of remembrance. For the living. It should be a reminder to the living that we should not keep repeating the same mistakes of the past. We keep forcing our young men and women to go off to war to be killed or maimed. It seems that by now, our leaders would have found a better way of resolving our differences rather than forcing our young people to kill each other in costly battles.

Memorial Day is for those who have died on the battlefields...I don't know if people realize that. When I was a kid, we just went and put flowers on the graves of deceased family members. Nothing was ever said about the ones who had given their lives in wars. It took me a long time to realize just what Memorial Day represents. Now I don't really celebrate it, not as a fun day anyway. I pray for the lost lives,the ones who never got to marry the love of their life, the lost generations who never got to see their children grow up, never got to see their Grandchildren, never go to grow old with their beloved. Too sad.

Answer 3

Memorial day commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country ONLY. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action.

Answer 4

Memorial day is more like for thouse people who fought and died, did something for their country, but may be I am wrong

Answer 5

Put it under other society and culture...

Answer 6

yep!