Memorial Day and religious merit!
May 31, 2010
News world wide – Memorial day
Memorial Day is observed on Monday in the United States.
Memorial Day is originally named as Decoration Day and it is a day when all those are recalled who have played their part for the nation. Memorial day lets other remember the way these heroes have given their lives for the nation.
United Nation that is today known as a sole super power of the world once was not this way and it is the Memorial Day that reminds us the importance of those sacrifices made for this nation but yet this question arises as if Memorial Day has any religious significance or merits?
President Clinton in year 200 issued a proclamation for Memorial Day. It declared, in part:
“As Memorial Day approaches, it is time to pause and consider the true meaning of this holiday. Memorial Day represents one day of national awareness and reverence, honoring those Americans who died while defending our Nation and its values. While we should honor these heroes every day for the profound contribution they have made to secure our Nation’s freedom, we should honor them especially on Memorial Day.â€�
The president asked for a “National Moment of Remembrance� at 3 p.m. on each Memorial Day.
The U.S. has never had a conventional religion, nor has the Armed Forces still need a specific religious observance. Yet there have always been chaplains in the military to sustain serviceman with their religious observances.
News reporters have posed this question with the above mentioned details asks us to rethink about how will we observe Memorial Day? Will you make a pause at 3 p.m. for a moment of prayer? Is there a ritual or a religious service you will attend? Will you honor our departed servicemen and women with a moment of silence and reflection, without religious thought? Or is Memorial Day just another day off, no longer a time to stop and remember those who have sacrificed for our country?
Which of these three best describes your practice?
1) I observe Memorial Day with a prayer.
2) I observe Memorial Day with a secular reflection.
3) I do not observe Memorial Day as a day of remembering those who gave their lives for our country.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under US News
