Memorial Day - The dictionary in Mac OS X defines a memorial as “something, esp. a structure, established to remind people of a person or event.” Memorial Day is obviously more than just a structure. It’s rarefied privilege to have an entire day set aside for something. Too often holidays in the United States become sort of meaningless; looked forward to more for the government-sanctioned day away from work (and endless opportunities for retail sales!) than for the stated focus of the day.

That’s really too bad for Memorial Day. Probably not since WWII has our country been so militarized and military-focused, yet how many people really pause to reflect on the real reason we take this day off work?

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