GA's not sure how America's Day of Mourning it's dead sons and daughters morphed into a fun-fest of parades, barbecues and parties at the beach, but over time it's meaning has become so obscured that even an elected official doesn't know why he's marched in the Memorial Day parade, he just knows he "loved it".
Granted, Tim is a doofus. Perhaps the biggest doofus to hold elected office in the history of Hudson County. Perhaps the biggest doofus to hold elected office in the history of the State of New Jersey.
For Timmy, Memorial Day is a "favorite event", a day to play with fire trucks. A doofus of his magnitude may not be expected to understand the solemnity of his "favorite event".
But sadly, too many non-doofuses don't know that Memorial Day is not the day to honor Veterans. It is the day to preserve the memory of our men and women who never came home, who never lived to see their children grow up, who never got to experience the rest of the things we all can and do because of THEM. And we go on as a Republic thanks to THEM.
That is Memorial Day.
Today we reflect, remember, mourn, feel deeply, deeply thankful to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice- for US. And pray for the families who go on living with holes in their lives, pain that is there on birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and every day.
GA honors, remembers and prays for their souls and for those who loved them and miss them.
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