Memorial Day is not the same as Veterans Day.
A soldier in the Old Guard places flags at graves in Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day, on May 29.A soldier in the Old Guard places flags at graves in Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day, on May 29.That might be one of the better things to say to a veteran this Monday. You should probably avoid the common refrain,"Thank you for your service," according to someone who should know.
As far as saying thank you goes,"I don't need to be thanked for my service," he tells NPR's Michel Martin."I think it's become kind of a platitude, toss-away thing to say." Shortly after the Civil War, Memorial Day began as Decoration Day."The reason for that is because it was a day on which Americans, South and in the North, would decorate the graves of soldiers who died in the Civil War," history professor Matthew DennisMaj. Gen. John A. Logan, who headed a group for Union veterans, declared in 1868 that Decoration Day would be observed on May 30.
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