If someone is offended by this, get over it because we have too many men to remember.
http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/memory/statistics.html
A Pittance of Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kX_3y3u5Uo
Thank you, Veterans.
Ralph where is that memorial? I am presuming Washington.
Bob Hayes said:Bob, It is in Philadelphia, birth place of the Nation, and home of the Liberty Bell. Ralph
Ralph where is that memorial? I am presuming Washington.
Time should always be given to reflect on our Freedoms and those that have given of themselves for us to maintain it.
Memorial Day Weekend sets aside time to honor those people and their families. God Bless them all.
Absent Friends.
Traditional toast to those who have gone before.
Thanks David,
I watched a friend of mine die slowly over 25 yr from Vietnam injuries
I thought the moment of silence was 3:00 pm. Somebody correct me?
As best I can remember, 3pm is for a prayer, U.S. flags fly at half-staff, dawn to dusk, the VFW sells poppys as a remembrance of the dead on Flanders Field. I’ll be visiting three different graveyards where we will have a 21 gun salute at each.
Ralph thank you for setting me straight on the memorials location.
Our big day here is ANZAC day (25 April)
I hope to be enjoying the freedom of working on my railroad. Dad (90) a WWII vet, me Vietnam.
God bless us all -Tiny Tim
Oh, here we go:
“To help Americans re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the “National Moment of Remembrance” resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans “To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps.””
Last year I paused all the trains at the Botanic. The message that I was going to do that somehow didn’t get through, and the guys were in a panic. hehe 
Remembered by the tac family on US Memorial Day
Lt Thomas A Foley USN, of Oregon - lost over the Atlantic, and noted on the Wall of Remembrance, US Military Cemetery, Madingley, Cambridgeshire UK
Cpl John A Foley US Army, of Minnesota - Plot 58, Row O - US Military Cemetery, Madingley, Cambridgeshire UK
On Canada Day -
Royal Canadian Air Force Sergeants and Flight Sergeants O’Leary, Dobie, Boyce, and Lindsey - Saint Swithun’s Churchyard, Old Weston, Cambridgeshire UK
On July 4th - my son, Richard James - Plot B, Row K, Rheindahlen Military Cemetery, NordRhein-Westfalen, Germany
On November 11th - my grandfather, Pte William Victor Collins 6th Dragoon Guards - British Military Cemetery Templeux-le-Gerard, Departement de la Somme, France.
Of course, they are also remembered every day of our lives.
‘Some gave something. Some gave all.’
tac
www.ovgrs.org
Thanks Bob for asking where that magnificent Memorial was sited. Immediately I saw the pic the thought crossed my mind. Thanks for posting the pic and the reply Ralph.
3pm. zulu is a good time and is easily acknowledged this side of the Atlantic. Living in a coastal area with ports I am always reminded of the many Mercantile Seamen of many Nations who gave their lives to keep this Country supplied with food, basic necessities and of course supplies for the Allied Forces. They are often overlooked.
I recently found that there is a Memorial to Firefighters at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke VA. Many Firefighters have lost their lives in many Countries fighting fires from bombardments and attempting to rescue people.
Tac.
I have been to that wonderful American Military Cemetery at Madingley that you mention. I can assure those in the States that it is a worthy resting place for their Countrymen who fell in battle.
I hope everyone has a safe Memorial Day.
I’ll be working…and getting wet in the process. Pretty heavy rain and thunder boomers this morning.
It seems there are a half dozen different places laying claim to the first memorial day.
One version has former slaves in Charleston, SC. holding the first memorial after re-interning Union soldiers from a mass grave.
Ralph
‘All gave some. But some gave all.’
tac
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