If YOU enjoy your FREEDOM, thank a VETERAN

There is a difference – HONOR ALL

Armed Forces Day – for those who currently wear
a military uniform

Memorial Day – for those who lost their lives wearing their uniform

Veterans Day – for those who formerly wore a military uniform

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May, originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans founded in Decatur, Illinois, established it as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. By the 20th century, competing Union and Confederate holiday traditions, celebrated on different days, had merged, and Memorial Day eventually extended to honor all Americans who died while in the military service.

On Memorial Day, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day.

The flag’s half-staff position honors the more than one million men and women who gave their lives in service of their country. At noon, it is then raised to full staff in their memory by their living comrades in arms, who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to rise up in their stead and continue the fight for liberty and justice for all.

Let Us Never Forget Those Who Gave All For Freedom, Amen

If YOU enjoy your FREEDOM, thank a VET

DUTY HONOR COUNTRY

Enjoy time with your family, and take a moment
to honor those who never made it home to theirs.