Memorial Day Remembrance

As we all know 5/30 is Memorial Day here in the United States, so i want to take a moment to honor all those who have served in the Armed Forces.


To remember Memorial Day, i went with my Boy Scout Troop to the National Cemetery for the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl Cemetery.

Here, we met up with thousands of other scouts state-wide Punchbowl Good Turn. We started with a 20-minute ceremony commemorating the date. Then, we place flags and flower leis at every single grave.

This annual tradition started 56 years ago. Memorial Day it self is thought to have started during the Civil War. After the liberation of a prison camp, escaped slaves would return to the old camp and place flowers (that they picked along the way) at the graves of Union soldiers that died during captivity. This was later expanded to commemorate all the soldiers that died in action.