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In reply to the discussion: Can I ask a Memorial Day favor? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)37. I was prepared to hate this thread...but RIGHT ON!!!!!!!
I thought, oh, no--another maudlin "snatched from FACEBOOK" gif or poster with some teary blah-blah on it...but I was wrong!!!!
When people want to remember my service on Memorial Day, I say "Shit--I'm not dead! This day isn't for people like me, it's for the crew that's six feet under!" I say it in a friendly way, but I do make the point. Always have.
And you're right about VA--it's always a good time to petition one's congressman or senator to pay closer heed to those issues. I live in an area where it isn't an issue (I have a couple of relatives who have gotten great care from the VA--I'm on TRICARE myself) but I know that it is still substandard in some places and that needs to change.
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Agreed. I also use it to honor my grandfather. We was a WWII vet who died on Memorial Day
PeaceNikki
May 2015
#23
So right that is why we have the ceremonies at the cemeteries. We also need to remember that
jwirr
May 2015
#24
I agree that it's not just VA medical--they've got other issues of an institutional
MADem
May 2015
#47
Thank you, hootinholler. Thanks for the reminder what Memorial Day is really about!
sabrina 1
May 2015
#46