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Hobbes
Member # 138
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Ok, not technically until tomorrow.
John Eaves made a little blog post about this weekend at: http://johneaves.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/memorial-day/
Aside from Veteran's Day, it's one of two days out of an entire year were we honor our military.
Care for our government's policy or not. I always feel the need to acknowledge what past and present Navy/Marines/Army/Air Force enlisted and officers have done for our country.
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Jason Abbadon
Member # 882
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Yeah, I just wish we got to honor them all at home.
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Mars Needs Women
Member # 1505
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Yes, Happy belated Veterans' Day to all people serving in the armed forces.
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Sean
Member # 2010
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quote: Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Yeah, I just wish we got to honor them all at home.
Amen to that.
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shikaru808
Member # 2080
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Thank God for Memorial Day. Four day weekends FTW!!
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B.J.
Member # 858
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^ Clearly misses the point.
I've never been in the military myself, but I have several family members that are either currently serving or veterans. I also work indirectly for the military since I design aircraft for them, so I do get a little exposure to what they have to go through every day.
On Memorial Day, I spent the morning in a local cemetery as part of a ceremony honoring those who serve, which included the mayor and several dignitaries. My small part of this was playing drums with a community concert band, which is an all-volunteer group (we don't do these performances for pay).
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shikaru808
Member # 2080
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B.J.:
Being actually in the military, I can tell you from first hand experience that Memorial Day means a lot to us, the recognition we get for serving is great. But nothing really beats getting a nice 4 day weekend from work, considering how long and how much we do actually work.
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TSN
Member # 31
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Strictly speaking, Memorial Day only recognizes you if you're dead.
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B.J.
Member # 858
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quote: Originally posted by shikaru808: Being actually in the military, I can tell you from first hand experience that Memorial Day means a lot to us, the recognition we get for serving is great.
Ah. Apologies, shikaru!
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