Discuss Memorial day 2012 in US on The Army Rumour Service; On this occasion I remember fallen comrades. Sadly most Americans would have difficulty explaining the significance of the day except it heralds the summer holiday season.
In any event this is for those who have ...
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Memorial day 2012
On this occasion I remember fallen comrades. Sadly most Americans would have difficulty explaining the significance of the day except it heralds the summer holiday season.
In any event this is for those who have given all of their tomorrows:
If the music is too off-putting just turn sound off.
I make no apologies for the sentimentality of the memorial.
Last edited by jumpinjarhead; 26-05-2012 at 13:10.
DavidBOC and CrashTestDummy like this."A democracy cannot survive as a permanent form of government. It can last only until its citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority (who vote) will vote for those candidates promising the greatest benefits from the public purse, with the result that a democracy will always collapse from loose fiscal policies, always followed by a dictatorship." Lord Thomas MacCauley 1857
- 26-05-2012, 16:19 #2
No apologies for the music needed, JJH.
Thanks for the memories.
"We can't expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism,
but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism,
until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism." Nikita Khrushchev
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- 28-05-2012, 18:37 #3
I am confused about Memorial day. Its a day to remember the fallen of war, yet people say "Happy Memorial day". Maybe this is a result of what JJH say that most yanks fell it heralds the holiday season.
- 28-05-2012, 18:44 #4Memorial Day is indeed for the fallen. Veterans Day is to honor all who have served.
Originally Posted by Cabana 
Sadly, and I think in large part due to both the all volunteer force we have had for over 3 decades and the decline of American "civilization" from a "we" orientation to a "me" selfishness, most Americans have not a clue and consider it like an early 4th of July."A democracy cannot survive as a permanent form of government. It can last only until its citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority (who vote) will vote for those candidates promising the greatest benefits from the public purse, with the result that a democracy will always collapse from loose fiscal policies, always followed by a dictatorship." Lord Thomas MacCauley 1857
- 28-05-2012, 23:49 #5Senior Member
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It has unfortunately become the start of the summer season in the USA. Beaches open, 4 day holiday weekends, super sales, Blockbuster movie premiers, etc. I spent today at Calverton National Cemetary on Long Island, NY visiting fallen friends buried there as I didn't have the resources to visit those friends also interred at Arlington in Virginia, or Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennslyvania, Houma Louisiana. Originally Posted by Cabana
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