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What Memorial Day Means To Me

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What Memorial Day Means to me by:Kensington Loving What do you think of when you think,”Memorial Day”. I know almost all the kids of the U.S. think fireworks, ice cream, candy, and a nice day on the lake. But many people are thinking of loved ones that they lost for our freedom. Not many people wake up thinking of the people risking their lives daily. Most of us just think,”should I go to Starbucks or Sonic?” Have you ever had a loved one in the military .I have a lot of relatives who did fight in the military,think of all those soldiers dying and risking their lives for strangers.People they never met and still knowing the risk.Now that is heroism. On Memorial Day ,the last monday in May. At 3:00 people take a moment of silence to think,

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