IS IT SAFE TO LOOK AT THE MOON?

Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?

What does Memorial Day mean?

The popular answer is: barbecues, parties. It is another holiday that we do not go to work. It is a fun day when all we think of is eating, drinking, eating more and drinking more - and that's about it. By the end of the day we are tired - and off to sleep we go!

Then there is another answer: the remembrance of wars past, of military personnel, of fallen heroes. We remember husbands, wives, sisters, brothers - soldiers of our land - who offered their lives so that we, civilians, can continue to savor the freedom that our fallen heroes tried to defend with their lives in the wars.

We remember the nightmares of bombs; the sentence of death that weapons of destruction brings down upon the people, whose country is the setting of such wars; the cruelty dealt upon a country and its people; the loss of dignity and honor of a defeated country; the shame that we bear in our hearts for starting an evil war; we remember the grief and regret that overcome us for taking up arms against another country - all these and many more, we remember; and as we remember, we know in our hearts and in our minds that wars are wrong, wars are evil, wars are the downfall of a country.

Lest we forget, Memorial Day is a day of reminiscing, a day to look at the white crosses in cemeteries, and know that we are FREE!!!