Ways to observe Memorial Day

May 25, 2009 by Marci

I hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day weekend full of family fun, cookouts and swimming.  But, lets not forget what this holiday is all about.  We are blessed to live in a country where we have the freedom to live, speak and worship as we desire.  That freedom came at a price – a price paid by brave men and women, most we will never know.  They gave their lives so that we could live in freedom.  Quite a humbling thought.  So, while we are enjoying those freedoms today and everyday hereafter, lets not be too busy to remember those fallen heroes to which we owe so much.

Here are some ways to observe Memorial Day taken from www.thememorialdaytribute.com.

Ways To Observe Memorial Day

Memorial Day reminds us of our duties towards the wounded soldiers and the bereaved families, orphans and widows of the dead soldiers. We should honor the dead by adorning their sacred remains with flowers and garlands and show our gratitude towards them in the following ways:

• Adorning the graves of the soldiers with flags or flowers.
• Visiting cemeteries and memorials.
• Furling the American Flag at half-mast until noon.
• Furling the ‘POW/MIA Flag’.Keep silence for a minute at 3 p.m., ‘National Moment of Remembrance’ and listen to Taps being played.
• Take a pledge to aid the disabled veterans, widows, widowers and orphans of the dead and keep it.
• You may support the efforts to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day back to May 30th.Offering thanks to the veterans and appreciating the ultimate sacrifices of the soldiers to the bereaved families personally may help too.