Thank God today is Memorial Day. More on the day in a minute but first, we’re sure glad we don’t have to work today. Yesterday after some work around the house, Lori and I drove down to Denver to a party we were invited to at Jeff and Tina’s. We stayed until a bit after 6 and then headed home. The boys wanted to stay home so that’s where they stayed.
Now to the day. I mentioned yesterday (did you read the post? It was a good one!), about thugs defacing a veterans memorial, ripping flags out at a cemetery and beating a 91 year old veteran with his oxygen tank. I think we all agree that these useless people taking up air on our planet should somehow taught to respect other people and life in general. But what’s so ironic about the whole thing is that these people that did these horrible things could only do so because of the sacrifice of veterans who fought so they had the freedom to live in a society where they wouldn’t be imprisoned or killed for such actions. Could you imagine what would happen if you defaced a veterans memorial or ripped out flags at a National Cemetery in Russia? I can and that’s why you don’t see this sort of thing happen there. Now once again, and I hate to bring it up, but the people that defaced the memorial and tore flags out at the cemetery, apparently according to police, were illegals! Turns out the desecration is the same as other “tags” or graffiti in the area by a well known gang of illegals. By the way, this all happened in Venice California and the Los Angeles Police Dept. have said they aren’t going to investigate it! Â On top of that, yesterday in Cedar Falls Iowa, a memorial known as Freedom Rock honoring 5 brothers who died serving their country, including a Medal of Honor winner, was spray painted black by a Hillary supporter! Just what is going on here? What kind of people or kids have been raised up to do such things? Their parents are the ones who should be looked at. I’ll bet in the majority of the cases, the parents are also worthless scum.
Anyhow, my point is we all need to speak up. We cannot let others see or read about people doing this and let them think it’s ok. This is not political discourse or disagreeing with the other side, this is just disrespectful and criminal. And by the way, the vast majority of people protesting past wars (which doesn’t even make any sense, these people have already died for their Country) are Hillary or Bernie supporters, but where are they? So if you’re a democrat and have loved ones that served, you owe it to them to let your candidate know they need to speak up, otherwise you’re just as bad as the protesters. Apathy makes you just as complicient as people who did this! Also Republicans voters have the same responsibility to also call their candidates. In fact, all people need to call their chosen candidates campaign and denounce any violence at any event on either side and tell them to publicly demand their supporters stop this kind of behavior. I’ve called all three candidates campaigns! Of course, Hillary won’t do this, in fact she has been supporting and instigating many of the protests of Trump. You see she needs everyone to believe Trump is a bully who hates everyone to have a chance to win. Without big money spreading lies, she doesn’t have a chance as her record is as bad as a grade school dropout. Instead of telling us what she’ll do to make our Country and lives better, all she can do is tell us how bad the other guy is. How can anyone vote for someone like that? George Soros, the democratic financier, along with unions like the SEIU have been organizing on Hillary and Bernie’s behalf, and actually paying people, to protest at every Trump event. That’s right, all the people from New York to California that show up to protest Trump, are being paid! This is a fact, check it out, it’s easy to verify but of course the mainstream media won’t tell you this even though they know it too. Now back to the day, here’s the real meaning of Memorial Day.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. Over two dozen cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it’s difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day.
Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,†he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.
God Bless you and God Bless America