Memorial Day 2020, when we should all be mindful of and grateful for those who died on the battlefield under the flag of our nation, the New York Times has chosen to focus on racism in the military. Yesterday, the NYT published an article on the racist names of military installations “Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?”. Today, the paper published an article on the upper echelons of the military being too white, “African-Americans Are Highly Visible in the Military, but Almost Invisible at the Top”. Sow division on a day should inspire unity? That’s the Times.
What do a beer company and a bloviating governor have in common? They are using Memorial Day to advance the C-19 narrative. Dying for your country isn’t…
This year, for the first time in my memory, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs has banned the Boy Scouts of America from placing the flag…
Every year on Memorial Day, I give a few moments of my time to say the names of some of my brothers and sisters who have passed…
Memorial Day is the day where we, as a nation, stop and pause to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice: their lives for our freedoms.
Memorial Day should be a day that contains some reflection and sense of loss. Even though we are constantly inundated with “Memorial Day Sales” and “your best…
You may see them in front of your supermarket or at a small town parade, elderly men and women handing out red paper poppies. I strongly suspect…
Some years ago, I stepped off an ugly yellow school bus onto a covered patio at Ft. Jackson, carrying two large duffel bags and wearing my first…
Memorial Day is not Veterans Day. Veterans Day is observed on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and commemorates the signing of…
Some days, it just feels like the United States of America is over. We can’t agree on anything. We hate each other. We, on the right and…
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Today is the day when every American should stop and pay their respects to our honored dead, whether in thought or in deed. At Arlington National Cemetery,…
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We at Victory Girls know that Memorial Day is not really about the start of the summer season, vacations, and barbecues. We use this weekend to remember those…
These clothing retailers never seem to learn. Just recently, Under Armour got castigated for using imagery similar to the Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima on…
Despite what store sales, advertisements, and the Democrats have said, this day is not about getting the lowest prices or barbecues. It’s about remembering those who died…
We hear it every year: Memorial Day is for remembering the fallen. This is a concept that we know and hold sacred. Certainly we remember that they…
I’m not worthy to write about Memorial Day. I haven’t the slightest clue what going into battle means. I don’t know the first thing about that kind of…
In 2004, Travis Manion and his roommate and best friend, Brendan Looney, had just graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. The wars in Iraq…
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