A day for honor, reverence, remembrance

Honor, reverence and remembrance. Those are the true purposes of Memorial Day.
Memorial Day is about remembering those who died for our freedom. That’s it, pure and simple.
It’s not the same as Veterans Day. That holiday is in November and rightly celebrates and honors all, living and dead, who have served in our nation’s armed forces.
Yes, this national holiday does signal the coming of summer. But Memorial Day is meant to be much, much more than that.
For those who understand