Monday, May 30, 2011

Love and War


Today is Memorial Day, a time when we are to honor all the soldiers who have died in service to our country. A man named General John Logan started the tradition of placing flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington Cemetery in 1868. (I'll correct this if I'm wrong after Paul reads it.) Today at 3:00 p.m., all Americans are supposed to observe a moment of silence in remembrance and respect. Linda's Daddy was a solider in the war a long time ago. The day he was discharged, he got off the bus in his small town and immediately went into the towns record store before heading home. Linda's Mom was the girl working behind the counter. That is where they met and fell in love! They were married over 40 years before her Dad died.