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"Happy" Memorial Day?

Sometimes I think we forget the true meaning behind Memorial Day, especially when we utter to others, "Happy Memorial Day!" or "Thank you for your service!" Memorial Day is a day used to remember soldiers who lost their lives fighting for our country. It's a day of remembrance, mourning, and gratitude. While we should always be thankful to our men and women in uniform, past, present, and future, I have to wonder how the friends and families of loved ones who have died defending our country feel about seeing others getting drunk, lighting off fireworks, and shouting, "Happy Memorial Day!," seemingly treating the holiday as just another reason to get drunk, as opposed to displaying genuine gratitude to the men and women who died in battle to help protect the liberties we appear to sadly all too often take for granted. Look, it's fine to go out and party with friends and family over the holidays, but try not to ever forget why we're so privileged to partake in such activities in the first place.
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