Remembering Memorials
Memorial Day used to mean a 3 day weekend vacation in the US. That's what i remember. But, i looked it up and it's supposed to be a veterans' memorial; to honor those who fought in past wars. WW2 ended 61 years ago, Korea 54 years, and Vietnam 31 years ago, so it's been a quite a while. It used to be that no one knew anyone who died in a war?
My attitude changed when my cousin went to Iraq in 2004. Homeland Defense, but sent overseas to battle terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, or something like that. Reading his letters and descriptions of near escapes from death woke me to another world. Thankfully, he returned alive last year. And here we are in 2006 and the fighting continues unabated.
What does it mean to remember veterans?
That they fought for something important? Meaningful?
My attitude changed when my cousin went to Iraq in 2004. Homeland Defense, but sent overseas to battle terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, or something like that. Reading his letters and descriptions of near escapes from death woke me to another world. Thankfully, he returned alive last year. And here we are in 2006 and the fighting continues unabated.
What does it mean to remember veterans?
That they fought for something important? Meaningful?
posted by Carl | 7:08 PM
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