MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: What's the best way to honor those who died defending the Constitution???

[Michael.Felli]

Every year, I contemplate this question: What's the "best" way to honor those who died defending the Constitution of the United States of America? I exist because of these people. So, how does one best honor them?

And, every year, I can think of no better way than to help bring "Peace" to the world. So, that one day, when I am long dead and gone, future generations can finally join hands and proclaim. "We are human! Life matters - ALL life!"

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

Thomas Paine

 

[psu00]

Every year, I contemplate this question: What's the "best" way to honor those who died defending the Constitution of the United States of America? I exist because of these people. So, how does one best honor them?

And, every year, I can think of no better way than to help bring "Peace" to the world. So, that one day, when I am long dead and gone, future generations can finally join hands and proclaim. "We are human! Life matters - ALL life!"

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

Thomas Paine

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I'd say for people to actually read the constitution and learn what it truly says.

 

[Ten Thousan Marbles]

Every year, I contemplate this question: What's the "best" way to honor those who died defending the Constitution of the United States of America? I exist because of these people. So, how does one best honor them?

And, every year, I can think of no better way than to help bring "Peace" to the world. So, that one day, when I am long dead and gone, future generations can finally join hands and proclaim. "We are human! Life matters - ALL life!"

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

Thomas Paine

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I think the best way to honor those who died in battle is to make sure everybody understands that honoring those who died in battle is what this holiday is about. Too many people conflate Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Veterans have their day in November. Memorial Day is to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

Conversely, that day in November should be solely for those who fought the good fight, yet remain among us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day

 

[BobPSU92]

Not starting off-topic threads on subjects you know nothing about.

 

[Ten Thousan Marbles]

Not starting off-topic threads on subjects you know nothing about.

Not starting off-topic threads on subjects you know nothing about.

It seems to me that Memorial Day and Veterans Day threads are kind of traditional in these parts. It also seems to me that this is a good thing.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

I presume you are talking about those that fought the Red Coats in the Revolutionary War. Many of my fellow vets have fought and died in efforts that have nothing to do with our constitution. Many of these efforts have been truly heroic and highly honorable, but certainly not in defense of our constitution. Often, I wish we had a day called Sacrificed for America day, where everyone was included that sacrificed for America and it's future... in anyway.... the gals that worked in factories and fields during WWII..... Everyone that has ever put their hands...feet...hearts and soul into building a strong free America with a strong American economy rather. (There are not enough of those that sacrifice for America these days). This day might also be dedicated to reading the constitution and 'all' the actual words, debates and deliberations that went into the forming it and what the founding fathers actually meant.... not sound bites skewed to distort what they meant. If we read all their own words, all their considerations and all their intellectual conflicts we all might become good thoughtful and sacrificing citizens... as most they did.

 

[fairgambit]

I think the best way to honor those who have died in the service of this Country is to be the best citizens we can be. Teddy Roosevelt said "The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight." We all have different skills and levels of intelligence, but each of us can do all in our power to add value to our society. If you cannot built a house, you can take good care of the one you have. If you cannot volunteer at the local food bank, perhaps you can take your elderly neighbor shopping. If you are unable to run for office, you can at least educate yourself about those who are running and vote intelligently. There are hundreds of things, large and small, that each of us can do to make this a better country. In so doing, we honor those who have fallen in a meaningful way and in a way I feel certain they would approve.

 

[androcles]

...just do everything you can to preserve our freedoms...

...which continue to be eroded by an increasingly intrusive government...

 

[scueng77]

The human fund. Money for people.