Remembering on Memorial Day
James Garfield had once said, “If silence is ever golden, it must be beside the graves of fifteen-thousand men, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem the music of which can never be sung,” for a ceremony honor the 620,000 who have fallen in 1888 due to the Civil War. This ceremony was known as Decoration Day and is now well known as Memorial Day.

Every Memorial Day we remember and respect all who have served our beloved country and hear the 24-note bugle call known as TAPS, with synchronized gunshots after a red, white, and blue parade. I wanted to acknowledge the numbers of the men and women who had served for our democracy to help people understand the reasoning more strongly about these services.   

Military Members Lost:
Image result for memorial day
American Revolution: 4,435 dead
War of 1812: 2,260 dead
Civil War: 620,000 dead
Spanish American War: 387 dead
World War One: 116,708 dead
World War Two: 407,316 dead
Korean War: 33,651 dead
Vietnam War:  58,168 dead
Gulf War: 362 dead

That’s an estimate of 1,243,287 dead for serving the country (not including Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and other wars after the 2000’s). We have over a billion heroes laid to rest for the U.S. Constitution to stand. They had made the ultimate sacrifice for us citizens to enjoy our liberties.

Many fly the flag high, visit memorials, attend military services and honor the fallen. How do you celebrate your Memorial Day?

Comments

Popular posts from this blog