Ever sense I was young Memorial Day weekend was about going to the cemeteries and putting flowers by the stones for my family. We would pack up in the car travel four hours to my grandparents in Maine and stay the weekend. During our stay we would go to the local cemeteries to place flowers on family I never knew and never met in my early life. We would continue on to travel downeast to my fathers side of the family to place more flowers on family I would never meet in life. As a kid you go never thinking about it other than the wanting to be someplace else, but it did instill a sense of family history in me that continues to today. I still make the trek and still place the flowers, but now I know some of those relatives that are buried there. This gives me the sense of duty to remember them whether they have served in the armed forces or not to keep there memory going of who my family is and was for times to come. I hope all can take some time this weekend to visit and place a flower, say thanks or say prayer to all that have served your family and the country.
Ever sense I was young Memorial Day weekend was about going to the cemeteries and putting flowers by the stones for my family. We would pack up in the car travel four hours to my grandparents in Maine and stay the weekend. During our stay we would go to the local cemeteries to place flowers on family I never knew and never met in my early life. We would continue on to travel downeast to my fathers side of the family to place more flowers on family I would never meet in life. As a kid you go never thinking about it other than the wanting to be someplace else, but it did instill a sense of family history in me that continues to today. I still make the trek and still place the flowers, but now I know some of those relatives that are buried there. This gives me the sense of duty to remember them whether they have served in the armed forces or not to keep there memory going of who my family is and was for times to come. I hope all can take some time this weekend to visit and place a flower, say thanks or say prayer to all that have served your family and the country.