Honor Beyond the Holiday

 Making Memorial Day Meaningful in 2026

Memorial Day falls on the last Monday of May every year. Flags are lowered to half-staff at sunrise and raised again at noon. A moment of silence falls at 3:00 p.m. local time. Parades march through city streets. And then, almost imperceptibly, the holiday becomes a long weekend — a time for cookouts, road trips, and retail sales. But the day deserves more from us. It deserves remembrance.

Memorial Day - 2016

President and Mrs. Hoover lead nation in observing Memorial Day. The National Capital, led by President and Mrs. Hoover, on Memorial Day 1929, paid tribute to America's dead heroes of 4 wars at Arlington National Cemetary. President Hoover is shown placing a wreath on the tomb of America's Unknown Soldier. Following the Chief Executive Mrs.Hoover placed a bunch of white carnations on the tomb. 

Source Library of Congress

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” 

– President Thomas Jefferson

April 28th - Workers Memorial Day

April 28th is Worker Memorial Day. Observed each year, the event is a time to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and it is a time to renew efforts to create safer workplaces.

For more information click here to visit the AFL-CIO site and/or The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health site.

Memorial for Workers

I write these words of honor, for those who gave their lives; 
And for their families, their husbands and their wives. 
For those whose lives were spent, doing what they must 
Working for a living like every one of us. 
Their time cut short, by things that didn’t have to be; 
To make the workplace safer, for people like you and me. 
To make sure their stories will never go untold; 
To always keep their memories from ever growing cold. 
We must remember the price they all had to pay; 
When we honor the men and women on Workers Memorial Day. 
Mike Baird
Lodge 21, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Read April 28, 1995

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