DECORATION DAY BLESSINGS

When I was a little girl my parents called 

this holiday Decoration Day. 

This was the original name for Memorial Day. 

It was called Decoration Day because 

soldiers would decorate the graves of 

deceased soldiers with flowers, flags 

and wreaths. 

The term Memorial Day didn't come into 

being until 1880. 

(Okay I'm not that old, but my parents were 

just a bit stuck in the ways of the old folks 

back then. My Grandma, Meme, called it 

Decoration Day so of course my parents 

did too! )

In 1967, the year I graduated from high 

school, the US Government proclaimed 

Memorial Day as a National Holiday. 

( Who knew? I had no idea!)

 My parents faithfully decorated the graves 

of all our deceased relatives. They would 

take Meme to the cemeteries to "visit" the 

graves and place beautiful peonies, iris, 

roses, daisies, or whatever was blooming in 

their gardens. 

This was all conditional on whose turn it 

was. You see it was a great honor to be 

the one to do the decorating 

in my mom's family! 

My mother's brother was in WWII 

in Normandy and ended his time there 

burying the dead in the concentration 

camps. He saw his battle buddy be blown 

up next to him. He saw death and destruction 

everywhere he looked. The war changed him 

forever. He knew how precious life was.

 He knew the devastation of the Holocaust 

first hand. 

He took decorating graves VERY seriously 

to the point my mom would call him and 

tell him exactly what kind of flowers she 

would be using when it was her turn!  

He would give his approval but perhaps 

would add a flower from his garden for 

more variety. Or maybe it was to try 

and ruffle my mom's feathers! 

 Flags were another subject. 

As you know, Veterans place 

little American Flags on the 

graves of deceased servicemen 

and servicewomen. It's a wonderful 

thing that they do this.

My first husband is buried in one 

of the main cemeteries my mom's 

family is buried in. 

One year my husband was skipped 

when the flags were placed. My 

mom immediately stormed up to 

the office and demanded that they 

bring a flag out to his grave! And 

of course they did!

Flags are also serious business!! 

SO... this 

have a nice time with your family. 

Here's a some things for you to remember 

when planning your weekend... 

When you have the family over for 

that cookout... 

put up that cool bunting you've got 

stashed in the closet,

 

make a fabulous centerpiece for 

your picnic table, 

and fire up the grill. 

 

Did you forget anything??

Happy Decoration Day!

Happy Memorial Day!

Be safe, be blessed - 

Marie Antoinette & Edie Marie

XOXO

Post by Edie Marie

Images by Google

Honor to our loved ones who 

are no longer with us by Marie & Edie