BOB
Good morning! This is Bob Peden of Central, a United Methodist Community in Meridian, MS. Today is Memorial Day - a national holiday. It has come to be considered the non-official opening of the summer season. A three-day weekend to head off to the beach. But this was not intended as a day of frivolity but as a national holy day of remembrance.
It was first officially proclaimed on the 5th of May, 1868, by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic saying: AThe 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or, otherwise, decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country.
After World War I, the holiday was changed to remember all those who died in war. The ANational Moment of Remembrance@ resolution was passed in December of 2000, which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans: ATo voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to Taps@.
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