Memories, these are what we take pride of, what we take care of, what we treasure with devotion. People who keep remembering the brave and dutiful hearts, the ones who lost their lives while in the military service, get together on the last Monday of May to commemorate the national heritage left by these people. Memorial Day annual celebration is filled with respect and glorification expressed towards all militants who took part in any military action in the name of their national believes, in the name of the United States of America.
What is the Memorial Day for the American nation? The heartfelt and meaningful thoughts have been uttered in the Memorial Day quotes of the gifted minds and literary personalities, among them James A. Garfield can be cited, to whom belongs the famous Memorial Day quote: “For love of country they accepted death… “, as well as Thomas Campbell’s quote: “The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree”, and Aaron Kilbourn’s: “The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem”, and many others which mirror all the spectrum of national esteem and worship.
Since 1971 the Memorial Day has become the official national holiday, and in ceremony of the holiday, many people come to memorials and cemeteries to lay flowers and wreaths on the graves of the fallen in action for their country. Each year thousands of American national flags fluttering above the graves symbolize the gratitude addressed to those who sacrificed their lives for the happiness of future generations.
Memorial Day 2011 is going to be traditionally celebrated throughout the United States on May 30 and will surely preserve and strengthen the national fraternal bonds which conditioned across the centuries so many persons to accomplish great deeds for the sake of Freedom and Peace. It is our debt of honor to worthily pay tribute to the sacred memory of these great people.