Milestone!

My first published article for Patch.com

http://newhydepark.patch.com/articles/remembering-memorial-day-in-new-hyde-park

Good media, good media, now SIT!

Image by Beverly & Pack via Flickr

Logging on to the WWW this morning, I expected to see the usual Memorial Day headlines that contain the keywords ‘BBQ,’ ‘beach,’ and ‘sun.’

Of course I saw those, but I was happy to see a lot of headlines calling for people to actually remember what Memorial Day is.

The article I wrote on Memorial Day focuses more on the meaning than the actual pageantry the holiday has become over the last few years.  We see commercials for ‘Memorial Day Sales!’ and American flags line the streets up and down, but rarely do we ever stop to think about what our great servicemen and women have sacrificed.

So while you’re chowing down on your all-American hamburger and fries and enjoying the weather (if it’s nice where you are) take a moment to discuss with your loved ones what it would be like if we did not have the freedom we do.  While it is certainly not a perfect freedom, it is one that our country has fought hard for.

Enjoy your day!