A 2996 Project For The Troops?
May 28, 2007 by Laura | Trackback URI
These days, most people don’t understand the purpose of Memorial Day. It’s not BBQ Day. It’s not a “Free” Day Off of Work, unencumbered by the normal holiday obligations like Christmas and Thanksgiving. It’s not Home Improvement Weekend. It’s the day set aside every year to remember those who have died in the service of our country. People who have set aside their lives and picked up a gun so the rest of us can continue to enjoy the freedoms God has given us. People who have gone to kill other human beings on our behalf, with all of the nightmares that ensue. It’s a day to honor and remember people who have sacrificed their way of life, their innocence and part of their humanity, and finally their very lives… for us.
As Karl at Leaning Straight Up writes, “Please do not wish me a “happy” Memorial Day.” More great memorial posts can be found at Hot Air.
If anyone is interested in working on the equivalent of the 2996 Project, where those lost on 9/11 were remembered, for the troops lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, please email me. It’s not easy to write tributes, because you start to love the person you’re writing about a bit and you feel the loss more keenly, but it’s worth it. As I wrote in a post about my tribute, “They deserve to be remembered, and it speaks well of us and of them if we suffer some pain in the remembering.” Our troops deserve at least this minimal sacrifice from us. Next year we can honor and remember them with individual tributes, and offset this kind of nonsense. As Maggie writes in her post, Winston Churchill said “When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.” If you’re ready to speak up in the form of a tribute, comment on this post or email me at laura@pursuingholiness.com.
Updated: Use this form to sign up to write a tribute - I’ll get more information, a list and a site together sometime in the next month.
Updated again: In the immortal words of Emily Litella - never mind! Some clever person or group has already done it!!
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