Memorial Day 2020

For many Americans this is just a day they use to BBQ with family and friends and party, which of course is fine but not the true meaning of Memorial Day. Do not be an ignorant American who does not even know why we celebrate this day and it is not really a celebration. It is a day to remember and honor! 

Memorial Day was a response to the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War, in which a total of some 620,000 soldiers died between both sides. The loss of life and its effect on communities throughout the country led to several spontaneous commemorations of the dead.

Every Memorial Day we go to the military cemetery close to where we live in real life. I go there as a support for my daughter who has to visit her Dad's grave there. This year we could not because of the C019. 

When I see graves at a Club and people are celebrating Memorial Day right there, I find this a bit disrespectful. Apparently they do not know about this day and I ask myself when have you last dances at a cemetery?

So seeing that party going on at this Club in Second Life triggered my PTSD and I had to say something to the owner. I know they did not like it and some of the club-goers think bad of me as a result and that is ok, because if I have to defend why it is NOT ok to dance at a cemetery because we are celebrating the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice then I am proud to do it. Regardless if this is in Second Life or Real Life, freedom is not free and all who died in uniform deserve the respect.

It is customary on Memorial Day to fly the flag at half-staff until noon, and then raise it to the top of the staff until sunset. Poppies are associated with those who died during wartime since World War I.  In the U.S., people wear the red poppy on Memorial Day to honor those who died trying to protect the country, according to The Department of Veterans Affairs.