If you aren’t sure what the three military holidays represent, here is an easy clarification, because we need to know the difference.

Armed Forces Day – Third Saturday in May – is for those still in uniform.

Veteran’s Day – November 11th – is for those who hung up their uniform.

Memorial Day – Last Monday in May – is for those who never made it out of their uniform.

Happy Memorial Day to all who join us daily for the Pasty Cam. And thanks to Mary for her skill and dedication in bringing it all together each day.

I second that. Please enjoy a safe and relaxing Memorial Day and

remember those who have made it possible.

Amen...Mary the Pasty Queen!

I just watched a program: Arlington-a Call to
Honor. What a program it was. Arlington Cemetery
began as a "Paupers cemetery"...meaning it was
where the poor were buried, who's family (or no
family) couldn't afford to bury them...so they got
placed here.

Robert E Lee was the owner of the property.
Abraham Lincoln asked him to be the leader of the
Union Army. He said NO...went South, and led the
Confederate Army. A Meig (I don't remember the
name..sorry) said to pay him back for him being a
"turncoat", they took his land and started burying
the soldiers from the Union army into it. They
eventually let a few from the Confederate Army
into it.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has an "Unknown"
from each conflict, except for Vietnam. They had a
body in there, but the family found out he was
their fallen, they uninterred him and returned him
to his family. The Tomb remains empty.

They showed a Mom who goes yearly, to put lots of
flowers on her Son. She brings his favorite music,
plays that while she reads the book he WAS reading
before he went to war....

Another plot had bottles of beer. The kid buried
there wasn't old enough to drink, but he was old
enough to die for his country.

John F Kennedy went to visit it one day. He said
"it's such a place of peace and beauty, I could
spend the rest of my life here". Two weeks later,
he was assassinated, and layed to rest in
Arlington. His wife wanted a permanent torch
there. Which they did. The light has gone out
twice, and they relit it each time.

What a wonderful show.

The Smithsonian Channel had it on. If you get
their magazine, you can watch it online.

What great pictures! I was there yesterday
and it was so beautiful and peaceful out
there. Well, unless you count the black
flies. They were not to be ignored. Thanks
for these, Mary. It's beautiful. And thanks
to those who gave their lives to keep us
free.
Happy Memorial Day!!!

And THANK YOU to all who have served.

Those Memorial Day concerts on PBS are magnificent.
Watched it last night. They ARE phenomenal.

Thanks for all that information, Donna! It
was so interesting. So thanks for sharing it
with us.

Thank you, Mary, for your excellent posts each day!

With honor to our military who died in service, this has to be one of the most moving tributes to them. If this doesn't work you can go to Hillsdale and search on Memorial Day Tribute. Have the tissues ready:

https://lp.hillsdale.edu/memorial-day/

You bet Deb...there was so much more. They are in
the stables at "Oh-four hundred", feed the horses,
get them and the Cassion all buffed and
shiny...the horses are picked by color and height.
They have the "Unridden Horse" to honor the
fallen.

You have to have been honorably discharged if you
are out of the service, there are rules for who
gets in..on and on. The soldier has the Bronze
Star or the Purple Heart.

There truly was SO much in that one little hour...

y Charlie at Pasty Central (Chopper) on Monday,
May 29, 2023 - 07:36 am:
Happy Memorial Day to all who join us daily for
the Pasty Cam. And thanks to Mary for her skill
and dedication in bringing it all together each
day.

By Alex "UP-Goldwinger" (Alex) on Monday, May 29,
2023 - 08:07 am:
I second that. Please enjoy a safe and relaxing
Memorial Day and

remember those who have made it possible.


WELL SAID.... ALL I CAN SAY IS AMEN.
AND MARY YOU ARE THE BASSMOM OF PASTY.COM, TWO
THUMB U.P. YOUNG LADY! :=))

Than you Mary for the clarifications. There are too many people that need the education and many more, it seems, that have no idea what any of it means.

God bless those that gave their "last full measure of devotion" so that life could be breathed into those simple pieces of parchment we call The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution.

Without those willing to defend the meaning of those ideas they would remain just words on paper.