Many fired up the grills and enjoyed time with friends or family to recognize Memorial Day.
Many fired up the grills and enjoyed time with friends or family to recognize Memorial Day.
- - many fired up the grills and- enjoyed time with friends or- family to recognize memorial- day.- today news 25's victoria bailey- spent the day talking to- former service members about th- importance of keeping the - meaning of memorial day in mind- - "barbecues are great because no you're- enjoying the day who are still- alive with you but take the tim- out five minutes or a - moment of silence whatever and- pay respects to those we've - lost," memorial day is observed to - - - - honor the men and women who - died while serving our country.- "i joined the army in 1990 when i graduated high school.
I come- from a- large military family, where my- grandfather was a world war ii- veteran and he served - in the allied invasion in italy- my uncle raymond who also serve- in world war ii - and my dad is a vietnam and his- two brothers and myself and my- - - - brother joined.
He joined the - army national guard and i went- active army," elfren acosta served the u.s. - army 2nd infantry division.
- he says it wasn't until his - service he understood the true- meaning - of memorial day.- "as a young kid i never really fully understood memorial day - it's just another - three day weekend or barbecue - and beach time but when i - decided to join i felt a- sense of needing to be a better- citizen and help me grasp the - importance of - citizenship here more once i- joined.
- my grandfather was wounded in - italy and so with his passing - now it just became so - much more important to me and m- family to memorialize his - sacrifice and efforts - from way back in the 40s" kevin cuttill is the president- of the crusaders for veterans - here on the coast.
He says- memorial day will always be a - day near to his heart.- "we've lost two sons so memoria day to us especially because we- have our own little - headstones for them so we go ou- and we put a flag out there for- - - - him and we sit there and have - coffee with them and talk with- them so it's a special day wher- we get to - actually well we do it every- morning but the memorial day yo- clean it up you make it - - - - look spicy you put a little - extra effort to it so you give- your respects and your love for- the - time caring for them again" - - - - - -
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