We honor those who died while serving in our country's armed forces. The tradition started out as Decoration Day around the time the Civil War ended when people often visited graves of soldiers.
Memorial Day is about honoring men and women who died defending the United States of America.
This day is about remembering with gratitude.
I took this photo at the Normandy American Cemetery located in Colleville-sur-Mer France in October of 2014.
Sleep comrades, sleep and rest
On this Field of the Grounded Arms
Where foes no longer molest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms!
Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
At the cannon's sudden roar,
Or the drum's redoubling beat.
But in this camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.
All is repose and peace,
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease,
It is the Truce of God!
Rest comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of man shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
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