Patricia's Memorial Day Page
Memorial Day is May 31, 2010
Memorial Day is a legal holiday, observed annually on the last Monday in May in most of the United States, in honor of the nation's armed services personnel killed in wartime.
The holiday, originally called Decoration Day, is traditionally marked by parades, memorial speeches and ceremonies, and the decoration of graves with flowers and flags, hence the original name.
Memorial Day was first observed on May 30, 1868, on the order of General John Alexander Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of the American Civil War dead. It was observed on May 30 until 1971, when most states changed to a newly established federal schedule of holiday observance.
Please check out the links below. Read listing of those who gave their lives for our freedoms, so many, so young. Let us pray for families of our fallen heroes and for America, that God would continue to "Stand beside her and guide her"....
Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom You can sort the list order Alphabetically, Chronologically, Branch, Base, State, or Age.
An American Soldier comes home from Iraq A vivid account of one soldier's massive injuries in Iraq and his homecoming.
White House Commission on Remembrance
Information on the history and traditions of observing Memorial Day in the United States.
Remember September 11, 2001
Some interesting facts about the Hymn "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
God's Word Says
Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
~Deuteronomy 5:33~
If my people, who are called by me name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
~2 Chronicles 7:14~
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