On Monday, we remember and are especially grateful to the men and women who have served and died in the service of protecting our country. Memorial Day used to be called Decoration Day. It is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the soldiers and other military who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Remembering Day
All the soldiers marching along;
All the children singing a song;
Al the flowers dewy and sweet;
All the flags hung out in the street;
Our hearts throb in a grateful way---
For this is our Remembering Day.
Mary Wright Saunders
Memorial Day
It started right after the Civil War.
Our country was trying for wholeness once more.
Flowers were placed by an unmarked grave
To honor the fallen men, hardy and brave,
Whose lives had been given, our freedom to save.
Today, we will honor all men, brave and true
Who fought to protect us-- to guard me and you.
A freedom worth having, to keep it secure,
Takes a wide-awake heart and a hand that is sure
And a humble remembrance of what went before.
Mary Gray
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