Ridgewood NJ, from Nicholas Carico’s American History Facebook Page :
Memorial Day is next Monday, May 27. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, a recent survey found that roughly only half of Americans know the meaning or purpose of the holiday: honoring and remembering the nation’s war dead—that is, those service members who made the ultimate sacrifice.
“Only 55% of Americans know what Memorial Day is about, and only about one in five plan to fly a flag at half-staff or attend a patriotic event on May 27, according to a Harris poll survey commissioned by the University of Phoenix.
The survey, conducted April 9-11 among 2,025 adults, showed that only 28% had attended a local ceremony or patriotic event on a previous Memorial Day. It also found that only 23% had flown a flag at half-staff, while 22% had left a flag or flowers at a gravesite or visited a military monument.
About 27% of those surveyed thought Memorial Day honored all military veterans, 5% thought it honored those currently serving, and 3% thought the day marked the official beginning of summer, the survey states.”
A big thanks to all that. Served in all the u s a branches.
I blame the parents and school system for not teaching this. This is the USA.
Ignorance starts at the top…
“On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today— our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
– President Barak Obama”