May 30, 2011 02:15 AM
Memorial Day - 1950
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Less than a month before Korea, years before Vietnam and decades before Iraq, Memorial Day was about remembering those who served and died during the Wars previous, back to the Civil War. The Second World War had only ended less than five years before, the task of rebuilding was still going on. The upheavals and changes were new with words like "Right Of Self-Determination" and "Cold War" recent additions to the lexicon. Just sixty years ago today.
Everything was in a state of change, nobody really knew where any of it was headed. The only thing certain were fields of white crosses, evidence that sacrifice was the constant - no matter how much things changed, or how much they remained the same.
Happy Memorial Day.
Let's keep improving this great Country.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Well, except in the fields of health care, poverty, life expectency, infant mortality, education, time off, median income, or happiness.
Improving is more than in order.
of the turning and there's something stirring outside
It's the time of the turning and we'd better learn to say our goodbyes.
May 31 1950, the Korean War would start in a few weeks.
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I spent a few moments thinking about some of the boys who died in Iraq that lived in my city.
I thought of my grandfather that perished in war.
I thought of those soldiers and marines in the battles of WWI and WWII who never came home to their families.
It is sad when I read comments that don't reflect the honor and commitment made of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Not all wars should be judged by the mistakes of Viet Nam or the naked corruption of Iraq.
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