(This makes the ninth straight year that I have been posting these two links together.)
http://francona.blogspot.com/2017/05/memorial-day-2017.html
The article was written by Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona[1], U.S. Air Force (Retired). He originally wrote the article back in 2007 when he was a Military and Middle East analyst with MSNBC. He updates the article each year on his own 'blog and graciously allows me to re-post it here. (I would normally ask him for his permission first to link it here on my silly little 'blog-thing, but he always tells me that is not necessary. However, this year I am running a little late getting it posted, so I went with the unasked-for not necessary route.)
The music video/song is sung by the Boston-based Irish Punk Rock band Dropkick Murphys[2]. While the song really isn't a Memorial Day song, it is written about WWI and individuals (sometimes forgotten and unknown) that fought in "the War to end all Wars" and paid the ultimate price of freedom (that would be mine and yours).
Take a moment and read the article and listen to the song, or read the article while listening to the song, or listen to the song while reading the article. Either way, take a moment to reflect on the meaning of this current three-day weekend; after all, it's not really about an extra day off, the start of Summer, parades, and barbecues.
Have a safe and "rememorable" Memorial Day, everyone.
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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Francona
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropkick_Murphys
The song was originally written by Scottish Folk singer-songwriter Eric Bogle under the title "No Man's Land"*, and has been covered by many Rock-and/or-Roll bands, Folk bands, and other Traditional Celtic bands (e.g. Joss Stone with Jeff Beck; Peter, Paul and Mary; the Chieftains; Celtic Tenors; the Clancy Brothers; Donovan; and even some guy from Minnesota named Robert Allen Zimmerman).
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man%27s_Land_(Eric_Bogle_song)
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