curioushooter
05-25-2020, 09:44 PM
I just want to say thank you to all veterans.
It seems that this year at least Memorial Day has become an afterthought more than anything, and that is sad.
When I was in high school I organized the memorial day program. It involved coordination between various veterans groups and the marching band. Back then (and it really wasn't that long ago, I graduated in '03 from a public school in Chicagoland) we had real guns in the 21-gun-salute though they used blank 30-06 rounds and Springfield rifles. I am quite doubtful this occurs anymore.
There was one remaining WWI veteran in the area at 101 years old. He could stand, see, and even march and fit in his uniform which I found very impressive. Now all the WWI vets have surely passed on and WWII and Korea are rapidly vanishing. My my maternal grandfather, long dead, was in WWII and my uncle was in Korea and my father in Vietnam.
Again thank you to all who served.
It seems that this year at least Memorial Day has become an afterthought more than anything, and that is sad.
When I was in high school I organized the memorial day program. It involved coordination between various veterans groups and the marching band. Back then (and it really wasn't that long ago, I graduated in '03 from a public school in Chicagoland) we had real guns in the 21-gun-salute though they used blank 30-06 rounds and Springfield rifles. I am quite doubtful this occurs anymore.
There was one remaining WWI veteran in the area at 101 years old. He could stand, see, and even march and fit in his uniform which I found very impressive. Now all the WWI vets have surely passed on and WWII and Korea are rapidly vanishing. My my maternal grandfather, long dead, was in WWII and my uncle was in Korea and my father in Vietnam.
Again thank you to all who served.