"Happy" Memorial Day. Maybe the most inappropriate sentiment ever.

[Stinky The Clown]

It is no different than "enjoy the first anniversary of you Mom's death".

Memorial Day is to REMEMBER those who, in war, gave their lives in service to this country.

It to to remember DEAD SOLDIERS.

DEAD.

Gone.

Cheering is inappropriate.

Car sales hawked on TV are inappropriate.

Do all of that any other day of the year. Do it yesterday. Do it tomorrow.

Today is the day to remember those who were killed in combat.

Thank you.

[hlthe2b]

1. Clueless does not even begin to cover it...

He is a worthless wretch.

[Wounded Bear]

2. We're Americans...it's what we do...

[Dave Starsky]

3. Memorial Day used to honor ALL dead.

It was the day the whole family went to put flowers on Grandma and Grandpa's graves and honor them, whether they served in the military or not.

But then our yellow-ribbon society decided to co-opt it for yet another celebration of the troops. Which now gives us three: Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, and, more and more, Independence Day.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Some truth to that, but largely not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

[Retrograde]

9. Other way around

Memorial Day - which in my extreme youth was still called Decoration Day - began in the US after the Civil War as a way to honor those killed in that war (and it started earlier in the old Confederate states then spread north).

There are cultures that have special days to honor all the dead - the Catholic All Souls Day, for example - but those haven't been co-opted. Yet.

[Dave Starsky]

11. Then I guess that's just the way my family celebrated it.

We used the day to remember Grandma, who raised a bunch of kids on her own in a one-horse town in the middle of nowhere and showed them no end of love; but, then, we also did something nice for Grandpa, who didn't die in World War II, but made his own sacrifices.

We never grilled brats or ate champagne popsicles.

I guess my point was that this holiday used to be reserved as a day of reflection on all those who sacrificed before us, regardless of what they were doing.

[furtheradu]

5. Yes. Thank You. :( nt

[tblue37]

6. Thanks! This "Happy Memorial Day" crap has been grating on me! nt

[cwydro]

7. Just got back from the gym, where I heard "happy holiday."

Two guys having a jovial conversation. I found that weird.

[oberliner]

8. The Democratic Party got flak for a "Happy Memorial Day" tweet in 2015

With a picture of Obama eating an ice cream cone.

Britt Hume made a stink about it.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. On that point, Britt Hume was right.

[treestar]

12. A lot of people are focused

only on the 3 day weekend. And the party/barbecue.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. And therein lies a bit of a problem and one small reason our country is as it is.

We have forgotten where we came from in a way to allow us to know where we're going.