Memorial Day - 05/25/2025 …… This article - especially “the letter,” is well worth a read. I have never regarded Memorial Day as “Happy,” as in the utterance “Happy Memorial Day.” For those who served and died, lived but were/are maimed forever, for their family members who suffer mightily in both instances, as well as for those of us who grieve the loss of our fellow Marines, Soldiers. Sailors and Air Force, Memorial Day is anything but “Happy.”