More Than a Three Day Weekend – The Meaning of Memorial Day

[Peter_Suciu]

More Than a Three Day Weekend – The Meaning of Memorial Day​

More Than a Three Day Weekend – The Meaning of Memorial Day

In 2010, home improvement retailer Lowe's ran an ad campaign that encouraged Americans to take advantage of the three day weekend and suggested, "Memorial - Military

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[Tony without Kaiser]

"620,000 soldiers killed in the recently ended Civil War."

That's horrible.

Great article as always Peter.

 

[b.loree]

Very good Pete, makes me think of my ancestor Jonathan Loree, wounded in the Wilderness Campaign, died in a DC hospital and buried in Arlington. Good to know there will be a flag beside his grave stone.

 

[Peter_Suciu]

In case anyone was curious about the history of Labor Day:

Labor Day Marks the End of Summer, But Its Meaning is Much Deeper

Just as the "meaning" of Memorial Day has sadly been lost in recent years, the truth is very much the same for Labor Day.

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