All are urged to remember that Memorial Day is a somber remembrance, not a ‘happy’ day. By turning Memorial Day into the unofficial start of summer, we ve erased the true meaning of the day. It s not appropriate to say "Happy Memorial Day," just as you wouldn t celebrate a loved one s funeral.
After World War II ended in 1945, some 75 years ago, Terrebonne Parish recorded that some 90 of its young men had died in service for our country.
A stone monument was erected in front of Terrebonne High School bearing the names of the dead, and local garden clubs planted live oak saplings along Bayou Black near the golf course, intending, in time, to erect signs and plaques with the names of the war dead.
This year, says Linda Brashier of the Terrebonne Garden Club, the memorial tree project is being renewed. Those 1950s live oak saplings are sizable trees now and the club has researched the list of war dead using the monument at Terrebonne High and various official archives.
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