05-25-2009, 07:50 PM
I heard on NPR this afternoon about a Memorial Day service that's been held annually for close to 50 years. It's held on Flanders Field in Belgium...by Belgian citizens, honoring Americans fallen on that field. The children memorize the National Anthem and sing it at the ceremony and lay wreaths on the tombstones there. It seems that whatever "official" differences may exist at the "upper" levels, the people still remember, and honor.
Gus (LC&P).