May 27, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday, May 27.
Today at 11AM our community will gather at our historic courthouse to commemorate Memorial Day. A program of music and presentations and traditions will be hosted by our VFW in the courtroom. At the close the crowd will move to the flag plaza for the playing of Taps. A memorable moment. A time to remember.
Memorial Day was inspired by a 19th Century Southern tradition called Decoration Day. It was a day for families to go to the cemetery to honor their ancestors and to plant flowers. In the years following the Civil War the practice expanded to the North. After World War II, the name Memorial Day became generally accepted, but it wasn't made an official federal holiday until 1967.
Wherever you are today, take a moment to remember the fallen. Remember those who, as Abraham Lincoln put it, "gave the last full measure of devotion".
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for a friend. John 15:13
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
