A handful of Community Theater families began partying together on all the summer holidays back in the '80s, and now our Picnic Group has been going strong for over forty years. #friends #friendship #picnic #picnicking #holidays #picnicholidays #summer #memorialday #thefourth
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14. Woman of the far west welcomes friends gathering on Memorial Day in the old cemetery. Berryessa Valley, California
"WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT @GOP
& REPUBLICANS BY EMBRACING #MAGA were actually doing the opposite: destroying the #AmericanEmpire they so hate"
"LOOK: never in a million years i thought i'd find myself saying this because i stand for everything opposite to so-called American Patriots"
"BUT here i am on #MemorialDay with The Devil's Haircut in my mind & in disbelief as i say this:
REPUBLICANS
& THE @GOP
TRULY HATE
AMERICA"
me, 29 May 2017
https://x.com/blogdiva/status/869217725956194304
Tonight, we welcome Shabbat with peace and anticipation.
Tomorrow, as Shabbat ends, we enter a time of national remembrance for October 7 and all those we’ve lost — a moment to honor our resilience and unity.
This Shabbat feels especially meaningful, offering stillness to gather strength, draw close to loved ones, and reflect.
Each candle we light symbolizes hope, guiding us forward.
May this Shabbat bring comfort, peace, and a renewed purpose, filling us with the strength to remember, the courage to continue, and the hope to look ahead.
Shabbat Shalom.
Today in Labor History May 31, 1927: Fred Trump, father Donald Trump, was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Queens, New York. The Long Island Daily Press reported that all the arrestees, including Trump, were wearing Klan robes. During his presidential campaign, Journalists asked Donald Trump about his father's arrest. He claimed "it never happened."
Today, May 30, 1962, Don and Betty Draper spend Memorial Day at the country club. Don struggles with how he is perceived (Mad Men, s02e06, "Maidenform", 2008)
Today in Labor History May 30, 1937: “Memorial Day massacre:” Police attacked striking steelworkers, shooting many in the back, killing 10 and wounding 100, at the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago. 1937 – In what became known as the Memorial Day Massacre, police open fire on striking steelworkers at Republic Steel in South Chicago, killing 10 and wounding more than 160. The press called it the “Red Massacre,” as if to justify police violence and murder of working-class people.
Join me Wednesday @ 6pm EST/5pm CST when #MusComEnt belatedly honors #MemorialDay with “Father Goose” (1964). Available for free here (https://ok.ru/video/2075165723163).
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"Youth Mourning," George Clausen, 1916.
Clausen (1852-1944) was a British painter and printmaker. He worked in various media and schools during his life, but became a prominent landscape artist, eventually being knighted in 1927.
He was an official war artist during WWI and his daughter's fiancé was killed in action. Here he represents the hideous loss of an entire generation and loss felt by those left behind.
From the Imperial War Museum, London.
Decided to post this anyway... my father-in-law's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. He was fortunate, and while career Army and decorated for valor, lived a long life.
So many did not.
The stillness of this place is crushing. Like the names on the Vietnam Memorial, I cannot walk by either one without sobbing.
Thank you. To the ones who are gone, and to the ones they've left behind.
Though I recognize the sacrifices my father, his brother who won awards for heroism in the liberation of Holland, my mother's brother who saw the carnage at Gardelegen right after the massacre happened there and who captured an SS officer, my mother's half-brother who was in the landing at Anzio and marched into Russia, seeing so much death and destruction that he committed suicide following the war: I recognize and honor these sacrifices.
#MemorialDay
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The Pearl Harbor attack was the only part of his WWII experiences about which he'd ever talk. He was in the Pacific theater throughout the war, and would not speak about what he saw and lived through after Pearl Harbor.
About Pearl Harbor, he said the attack occurred early in the day with no warning. He and others aboard his ship were asleep when it began. He was wounded by shrapnel from an exploding bomb, but not seriously.
#MemorialDay
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For the US Memorial Day holiday, Elliot Kirschner features a video of Dan Rather interviewing men who were American soldiers at Pearl Harbor and who lived through that attack. The video is embedded in Kirschner's article.
My father was among those soldiers who lived through the Pearl Harbor attack. He was a Marine aboard the "USS Pennsylvania" when the attack occurred. He was 21 years old.
#MemorialDay
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https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/the-young-dead-soldiers-do-not-speak
Happy #MemorialDay
For all those who gave their lives in the previous struggle against #fascism.
Let us make sure it was not in vain, and that we learn from their sacrifices.
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"'Not one mention of a fallen soldier who died for our country because Trump calls them losers. Just more grievance about him. Trump doesn’t care about you or the country.'
KTLA journalist David Lazarus said: 'The simple fact is that if we did away with the archaic Electoral College, a man like this would never again get within reach of the presidency.'"
"Veteran congressional reporter Jamie Dupree replied, 'Memorial Day started after the Civil War, as a tradition to honor U.S. soldiers who died in military service.'
Daily Beast columnist Barry Markson wrote: 'Pres. Biden is laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and this is Trump’s message.'"
"Former President Donald Trump's Memorial Day remarks were met with fierce backlash from a slew of journalists, legal and political experts Monday."
The man posted a statement on his Truth Social attacking Judges Lewis Kaplan, Arthur Engoron, and Juan Merchan, ranting about "human scum." The statement, which begins, "Happy Memorial Day," is quoted in the linked article.
~ Maya Boddie
Many of us are we enjoying #MemorialDay with family at picnics and barbecues, but many farm workers are laboring hard to put food on our tables. Let's give a big shout out to these hard-working people. #WeFeedYou
I hope someone remembers to bring a flag to the event. 
On this US Memorial Day, a thank you to everyone who has served the country honorably, and a remembrance of all those who have lost their lives. 
