Huffington Post has some great photos of Memorial Day across the US.
I really appreciate the commemorations across the country. Even though there are talks about how the voluntary system has isolated those who serve from the rest of America (symbolized by the fact that neither of the two presidential candidates have served, which is apparently a first in American history), it’s great to see that the effort by those who do, isn’t forgotten.
Given that Denmark hasn’t been attacked since the Second World War, we’ve fought all of our battles away from our own boarders and done so, because we had promised our allies to stand by them. This makes the effort so remote from the ordinary dane that we tend to forget that we have lost men and women since World War II and that we still have trops in place in Afghanistan. Sure there are commemorations, but not at this scale - public holiday, parades and all.
And I know many Americans are more about the three day weekend than the rememberamnce, but still. The contrast is striking.
