Saturday, May 30, 2009

Memorial Day


Memorial Day, originally uploaded by ujima.

Until I was 31 yo, Memorial Day was May 30th. We would drive up to Parkesburg, PA where my aunt & uncle had a home on an acre of land. Everyone would be there every year--aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors and friends.

My uncles and others would tell tales of their WW II adventures in Europe and the Pacific. We'd play croquet, eat lots of great food and talk and visit.

I was pleased to see that President Obama sent a wreath on the lastMondayinMay Memorial Day to honor the African American soldiers who fought in the Civil War. They weren't, of course, buried in Arlington Cementary like the Confederate soldiers were.
./ ./ America! America! ././

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