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coalition_unwilling

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1. Memorial Day is a day to read and perhaps recite out loud Lincoln's

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:26 AM

May 2012

peroration from the "Gettysburg Address":

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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An emphatic K&R to your OP. Today is or should be a day filled with solemnity.

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There is no "Happy" in Memorial Day. [View all] Stinky The Clown May 2012 OP

Memorial Day is a day to read and perhaps recite out loud Lincoln's coalition_unwilling May 2012 #1

Well I think that's a personal choice. Some also consider a day to Lionessa May 2012 #2

I'm not sure "happy" is a word appropriate for the acknowledgment of service, either. Stinky The Clown May 2012 #6

It was originally "Decoration Day," a day to decorate the graves of dead Union soldiers REP May 2012 #12

Duh! Lionessa May 2012 #13

I agree. As oxymoronic as "Happy Good Friday". no_hypocrisy May 2012 #3

Someone wished me a happy Veteran's Day once. lpbk2713 May 2012 #4

I simply put out my flag on the house. MineralMan May 2012 #5

... n2doc May 2012 #7

Good ones. Stinky The Clown May 2012 #8

Without at all meaning to discredit your point, may I offer an alternative perspective? antigone382 May 2012 #9

I can agree, but those who have off work today are happy. n/t RebelOne May 2012 #10

Outstanding OP SGMRTDARMY May 2012 #11