After what feels like suspended animation thanks to COVID-19, we re about to enjoy our first holiday since health precautions and safeguards were relaxed just in time for what many of us consider the unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day.
We could be so intent on getting our summer started, and making up for lost time, we might lose sight of what Memorial Day was intended to be. Some of us have parents and grandparents who can remember when Memorial Day was called Decoration Day and even further back than that, it was an attempt to honor the war dead of the War Between the States, evolving into a remembrance of all those men and women in uniform who sacrificed their lives to preserve our liberties.