Meat for the Hungry

www.listenlearnmusic.com Are you thankful for your family, your home, your job, your health, or countless other items? We have so much, and in this season of Thanksgiving, we do see “thankful” people. In fact, there was a TV program Thanksgiving night called “Thank You, America”, where Robin Roberts and Jimmy Kimmel, surprised ordinary citizens who have done much to help their community and those in need. I must admit, I did not watch it. I’m only going on the Network’s advertisements.

     With M e m o r i a l D a y   2 0 1 4  upon us, I was up for a history lesson; how and why it came to be. I was also curious about the red poppies and thought you might be as well. According to  http://www. usmemorialday.org , “ M e m o r i a l D a y was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. General John Logan http://www.usmemorialday.org It was first observed on May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in...