Memorial Day: The True Meaning

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May 26, 11:50 AM

by Brenda Carl, Baltimore Media Examiner

It's not the "un-official start" of summer.

It's not about the "sale to end all sales."

It's not even about, "the highest gas prices."

It's a day to remember those who gave their lives in service to our country so that we may live in peace.

Here are some inspirational stories to remind all of us what today stands for, and it would be appropriate to return the HOLIDAY to it's original DATE May 30, regardless of the 3-day weekend it will disrupt.

In Flanders Fields

By John McCrae 1872-1918 In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

A Mother's Eyesby Andrew DeanThe day our flagpole was ready, We had no flag to fly
A mother stepped forward and said I have a flag with a tear in her eye
It was given to me the day that we laid my son to rest
He was a true blue soldier who gave his life his best.

I got a knot in my throat and a chill in my bones
A tear rolled down my face
A mother has lost her son at war
The pain on her face.

In a mother's eyes you can see red, white, and blue
In a mother's eyes you can see the pain so true
Freedom comes with a cost of sadness and loss
You can see in a mother's eyes.

When someone puts their life on the line so others can be free
It's a selfless act of courage and love, how thankful we all should be
And when I look at the flag today, I see a whole new meaning there
I see the men and the women who died for her
So in this freedom we can share.

In a mother's eyes you can see red, white, and blue
In a mother's eyes you can see the pain so true
Freedom comes with a cost of sadness and loss
You can see in a mother's eyes.

In a mother's eyes you can see red, white, and blue
In a mother's eyes you can see the pain so true
Freedom comes with a cost of sadness and loss
You can see in a mother's eyes.

If you would like to see Memorial Day restored to its original date, May 30, sign the online petition:www.restorememorialday.com

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