Please Don't Thank A Veteran On Memorial Day - Page 7

luvdoodles · ‎06-19-2010

I don't understand your post at all. Yes we should be giving thanks to all our veterans for their service, whether they died in line of duty or still surviving.

grammarqueen · ‎03-18-2010

Wow. Just wow. This thread has become, "Don't thank a vet - ever!" The whole point is, you can thank veterans 364 day a year, but this one day, Memorial Day, is different and set aside for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Just Google my post title. Honoring the fallen is where the focus should be on this ONE day. Sheesh.

Caaareful Shopper · ‎10-09-2012

@Jpn10037 My sincere Thank You to you and your husband for your service. Words really are not enough.

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

@grammarqueen wrote:
Wow. Just wow. This thread has become, "Don't thank a vet - ever!" The whole point is, you can thank veterans 364 day a year, but this one day, Memorial Day, is different and set aside for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Just Google my post title. Honoring the fallen is where the focus should be on this ONE day. Sheesh.

How do you honor them on Memorial Day?

avid shopper · ‎04-18-2010

This is another example of our obsession with Political Correctness. Yes, the things we do need to be re-evaluated from time to time but it seem that we look for things to criticize rather than understanding where a persons comment is coming from. I just saw that now it is undesirable to wear a flag pin. Michael Moore said to please stop sending water to Flint, MI. People do what they can, when they can in their own way. Not every one can do in the way others want but I think most of the giving, greetings and show of thanks and appreciation are given from the heart. Veterans that have come home have had their lives changed forever in service to our Country and I will, if I choose to, thank them for their service.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

The best way to thank a vet is to support funding for military families. Feel free to do thatANY day.

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

Alot of people decorate the graves of their love ones ,that have passed, on memorial day, be it that they were in the military ,or not.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

12andcounting · ‎03-10-2010

@Jpn10037 wrote:
My DH and I are both veterans. Feel free to tell either of us thanks for our service and sacrifice on Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, or any day.

I'll tell both you and your husband now -- thank you for your service. This thread just reminds me how completely insane our world has become. Seriously -- don't say thank you? Just unbelievable.

Winifred · ‎03-09-2010

I come from a military family. Nothing wrong in thanking a veteran any time - and I will continue to do so. Also having lost two very close family members serving in the military I acknowledge them and others on Memorial Day - they died while in the service of their country. Memorial Day is for those who paid the ultimate price while in uniform. My Father who was Career Army was in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He NEVER stopped buying his Poppy on Memorial Day to honor many of his friends - and his son, my brother - who died while in service. He made it home and we buried him on his 90th BD - he never forgot what Memorial Day was all about.

loveschocolate · ‎05-11-2012

As a veteran myself, I understand what Memorial Day represents, but I don't think it's "wrong" to thank a veteran on this day or any other day for that matter. My brother retired from the marines, a brother retired from the Navy and a sister retired from the Army. Serving my country was a great honor...