Showing posts with label memorial day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memorial day. Show all posts

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Memorial Day.

With American soldiers still in harms way, I thought it would be fitting to provide some links to sites with more background on Memorial Day, celebrated for the first time following the Civil War some 142 years ago:

HERE is a history of Memorial Day site. 
HERE is a link to a non profit Arlington National Cemetery website.
HERE is a link to the poem In Flanders Field.
HERE is a link to history of poppy selling around Memorial Day.