the only poppy I can find is growing in my front yard.

[primroseburrows]

So today is Memorial Day here in Amerikay. I'm not going to make a big post about it, because I already did that back in November (The US has two holidays for pretty much the same reason. I've never been able to completely wrap my head around that).



I posted this back then, too, and I'm doing it again because I love it. I've never seen the whole movie, but I really want to:

Comments

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Hmm. This could be true, although I'm not sure if it's the way other countries celebrate it, and I always thought Veterans Day was pretty much the same holiday as Armistice/Remembrance Day is in England and Canada and a few other countries, which is more to honour the dead than for the living. I could be entirely wrong, given that I am neither British, Canadian, nor a citizen of any of those other countries. :)

We in New England seem to celebrate Memorial Day as a remembrance of ALL our dead--putting flowers on deceased relatives' graves, whether they were veterans or not.

*edit times a zillion because I suck at typing and also placement of edits*

[patchfire.livejournal.com]

Hey, are you around? I'm online!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I am now. :)

[peacey.livejournal.com]

Patchfire is correct. The holidays' names reveal their intended meaning.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Hmm. It's still close enough that it's two holidays for almost identical reasons. I don't have a problem with that at all, because yay holidays! I just don't get the reason for it.

The only thing I can think of is that Memorial Day must have started back when Veterans Day was still Armistice Day and at the time specifically celebrated the end of WWI. I should Google this, because I'd like to know the history.