May 30, 2005
Memorial Day
The weather held on long enough for the Antrim Memorial Day Parade and (just barely) the Bennington Memorial Day Parade. Mikey marched in both, playing the baritone.
As I stood in Bennington, listening to "Taps" followed by "The Star Spangled Banner," I wondered if 50 years from now these patriotic observances will seem so passé. I sure hope not -- it is with the lives of those who have come before that we have the freedom to celebrate (or not to)...
(If you click on the image you'll get a larger version of a soldier laying a wreath at the Antrim monument...)
Posted by alan at May 30, 2005 8:51 PM