Memorial Day 2009

I will be the first to admit, that I typically do not think a whole lot about what Memorial Day is or why we celebrate it. I usually spend most of my time figuring out what to do on my day off. Now I do stop at some point during the day and reflect on the many that have given so much. This year was different. I was working on Kansas City, MO the weekend before, so Reeca and I stayed an extra day and toured the city. One place that we went was the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. It was surreal. I am not a huge history fan nor a big fan of museums, but some this was an exception.

One of the first things you see when you come in is a glass bridge.

On the glass bridge, I passed over a field of 9,000 red poppies, each representing 1,000 combatant fatalities.

I learned a lot. I have to admit, that if you would have asked me to name the good guys and bad guys, I would have gotten a few right, but not many. It was interesting to see the trenches that they fought in and the weapons that were used.

Later on in one of the other exhibit halls, we got to see several posters. Here is one that explains so much about why our Grandparents and even parents saved so much.

On Tuesday after Memorial Day, I was in Memphis. I stopped by Memphis National Cemetery where my grandparents are buried and had a chance to say "thanks".