While we're out enjoying the weekend, I thought it would be best to remember why we call it Memorial Day weekend--a time to honor those who have sacrificed their lives in order to preserve our country and the freedoms we enjoy. The "celebration" started yesterday with the placing of the flags at Arlington National Cemetery--and in cemeteries around the nation. The flags are placed in a specific way called "flags in", and I think it mete that I quote the tradition from the ANC's own website here:
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Friday, May 23, 2014
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