Yesterday was Memorial Day 2025 and so it is a day of reflection and looking back.
I guess I should have taken photographs of red, white and blue flags or some other patriotic symbol. However, on Memorial Day this is a photograph of my shoe as we went through our free car wash sponsored by Flagship Carwash. As long as you are a serviceman or veteran and had a Flagship Carwash APP on your phone, you received a free car wash. Please note, one definition of the word Flagship is the ship that carries the commander of the fleet and flies the commander’s flag. Anyway, thank you Flagship Carwash for the free carwash.
Of course, we always have our Memorial Day BBQ complete with cheeseburgers, sausages, zucchini and salad.
As we all know, the true meaning of Memorial Day is about the past and our servicemen and women. Serving our country is definitely a noble occupation protecting our nation against all threats.
I guess I should also give a shout out to those women married to servicemen. They keep things operating at home, are resourceful, and raise the children often alone.
I think one of my mom’s biggest issues while Dad was away was to keep her old Fairlane 500 on the road. Dad would generally fix that old car plus all the many things around the house. However, we were so isolated. Mom needed that car to get around and it was a huge problem when something went wrong with it.
Service Memories – About Memorial Day
I remember Dad watering the fruit trees one last time before being shipped off to Vietnam. It was twilight and he sadly looked around the place not knowing what his future held. For some reason, that scene is always imprinted on my mind.
Of course, throughout the years there are many servicemen that never make it home. I remember my dad saying that at different times, they would go out and drag the bodies out of the jungle so that their family would have a body to bury. That’s another reason we remember and honor Memorial Day.
So, today’s blog is dedicated to the lady I spoke with at the Meeting House, originally from Texas, whose brother went down in an airplane in Vietnam. His remains were eventually returned many years later. Thank you for the ultimate sacrifice.