Memorial Day: The True Meaning

Memorial Day isn't just a holiday where we get together with family and friends to get our barbeque on. Nor is about hanging out on the beach or the boat all weekend. And although there is no harm in doing any of those things, we all need to take a moment and remember the true meaning of Memorial Day.

Memorial Day is a day for remembering all of our fallen heroes from every war we've ever been in. It started as Decoration Day, and could be traced back to 1866. It's not clear where it started but back then, ladies of the South were decorating graves of the fallen Confederate soldiers. I'm asking you to please, please don't forget to take some time out of your day to remember all of our fallen heroes and keep this tradition alive!

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As a United States Marine's girlfriend, and then wife, it hits home a little harder to me. Every Memorial Day for the last 4 years (and many many other times), I have thanked God for all the times He spared my husband. And all his comrades. We both remember and do our best to honor the ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

And I know that we can't expect everyone to go back to the traditional way of celebrating the day, but we can have a parade in honor of all the fallen. We could play Taps and have a minute of silence, no matter where we are, at 3 PM (local time for Washington D.C.). We can decorate as many graves of as many soldiers we can find.

Let's do what we can to honor them and the families left behind this Memorial Day!

Semper Fi,
~Cassie