DANNY KOCH
Memorial Day is often associated with the beginning of summer, cook outs, vacations and taking in a baseball game. Sometimes, we lose focus of the significance of this holiday observed now on the last Monday of May.
Before it was called Memorial Day, it was called "Decoration Day.” “Decoration Day” dated back to the Civil War where it originally honored soldiers who died during the war. Today, we honor and commemorate on Memorial Day all men and women who have died while serving in the military. We especially remember and honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefield. We also remember families left behind where a place at the dinner table remains empty.