How are you celebrating the 2015 Memorial Day holiday? If you're like many, you're probably relaxing with friends, food, sand and surf. However, do you really know what Memorial Day is all about?
Memorial Day is meant to be a solemn day set aside to remember everyone who has died serving in the American armed forces. The holiday started as Decoration Day after the Civil War to honor both Union and Confederate soldiers who died in battle. It wasn't until after World War II that the holiday started to gain a strong national following, but it took until 1967 to name is as an official holiday.
Take a moment this weekend and thank service members for the sacrifices they make to keep our country safe. Not sure how? Let these Memorial Day quotes help guide you as you post thanks through social media and email.
"Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country." -- President John F. Kennedy
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -- Mark Twain
"Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours." --Wallace Bruce
"A Hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." -- Joseph Campbell
"We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." -- Francis A. Walker
"And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." -- Joseph Rodman Drake
"All gave some, some gave all. Some stood through for the red, white and blue, and some had to fall. And if you ever think of me, think of all your liberties and recall, some gave all." -- Billy Ray Cyrus, "Some Gave All"
"And I'm proud to be an American where as least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the USA." -- Lee Greenwood, "God Bless the USA"
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