won't be jumping in the packed out car and head out to the camp grounds for a week end of camping, fishing, and other activity's. In today's world I get the feeling that few of the last generations don't know what Memorial Day stands for, It's just another party week end to them.
When Doris And I was living in the Dallas area we spent time at the Cemetery's of Doris's Dad and my Father and Brother. After Moving to Reno Nevada in late seventies we still made trips for these visits. After Doris' Mom Winnie And my mom Lois passed, today we try to visit at least once a year after attending the Valsetz Reunion. We have not been able to make the trip last few years due to my health but on Memorial Day I find the time to think about and talk to my family about the four of us in Valsetz.
I always try to go over the names listed on the memorial wall on the Valsetzoregon.com web site
giving all the old Valsetzers their due. I then turn my mind to all that have fought, giving life and body's to protect all of us from this country's enemy's.
This year if you are of the younger generation, and read this please take a few minutes read below article and say thank you for your service.
On Memorial Day: Thank You, Veterans
posted byBeyond Blue
I was going to write my own thank you note to all of the men and women who have served to protect this country, but I think John Grohol does such a beautiful job on his site. He writes:
This Memorial Day in the U.S. — like every Memorial Day — we commemorate and remember those who’ve given their lives for our freedoms and our nation. “Given their lives” is really not accurate, though, as Andy Rooney noted — these soldiers died, plain and simple. They died so that in the future, our country might be safer or democracy might be nurtured in an otherwise hostile environment. They died so that great evils could be done away with in WWII (and WWI). They died so that politicians could wage endless, unwinnable wars for political ideals (Vietnam, Korea, and now Iraq). They died, quite simply, so that we could enjoy the freedoms we so often take for granted in our country.
For every veteran and every active duty soldier and individual in military uniform — thank you. Thank you for the sacrifice you continue to make every day on our behalf. And for every family who’s lost a soldier due to service to their country — thank you. Thank you for your family member who’s made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. No words can ever express the debt we owe these brave men and women.
