Memorial Day is a day for remembering and celebrating the contributions of our Armed Service members who died in service. The day was originally established originally to honor Union Soldiers who died during the American Civil War, and was originally called Decoration Day. After World War I (WWI) it became a day to honor all armed service member who have died in service. The day traditionally fell on May 30th and was moved to the last Monday of May after the Uniform holidays bill was passed in congress on June 28, 1968 which moved it and three other holidays to Mondays. Memorial is the unofficial start of summer and beginning of a time of vacations and other summer fun. There are races, such as the Indiana 500, many parades, and conferences such as the annual conference at North Stoning Bible Church (NSBC). Indeed Memorial Day is a great time of celebration, and it is ashamed that we can so often forget what we are memorializing.
Today is a day for memorializing those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service of this country. In this era where war has been made this very unpopular topic (except in the movies), and it is almost political correct to be opposed to the war in Iraq and negative war stories are more often than not preferred by the media it can often be very easy to forget about the sacrifices that our military is daily making in order to protect us from all enemies both foreign and domestic as they have pledged.
Do you have war stories? If so please feel free to tell them here or in an email. My email is in the about section.
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May 30th, 2008 at 10:56 am
your pictures are great well i love northstonington bible church and that would be cool if you could use pictures from the memorial day conference and this labor day conference other than that it’s really great and i love the northstonington conferences and the people there!
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May 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Nice to hear from you Brooke. For as far back as I can remember NSBC has always been a great church with a very strong family atmosphere, and I always enjoy going over there. Unfortunately I was not able to make it to this year’s Memorial Day conference due to work constraints, so I do not have pictures of this year’s conference; although I might be able to see if any of my relatives have some. Other than that I have pictures from the Memorial Day conference last year, and from a Labor Day conference a couple of years ago. Again thank you for the comment and I will be happy to post some new ones I get them. There are some from last Memorial Day here: http://www.riphoto.com/Private/327157
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