Memorial Day, Not Exactly Belated

[madwriter]

Today is the traditional date of Memorial Day--when it was first celebrated shortly after the Civil War. Since I wasn't able to get online during the day that it was actually celebrated this year, I figure I'll post this now.

If there's one thing that doing genealogy has shown me, it's that my family has a long, long history of serving in wartime

Comments

[dustybinx]

What a great tribute.

I swiped your idea and did it myself...just not nearly as well.

[madwriter]

I think any such tribute would be done well just by its nature. :)

[loupnoir]

Lovely post. Well timed, too. Our weekly newspaper, because we don't have enough news here for a daily, had a sad article about how few people turned out for the Memorial Day service. I didn't even know there was one, and I've lived here since '00. The photo was sad, showing a priest and a few old men dressed in their dignity and uniforms.

As far as I know, the only person on either side of my family who's served is my father, who rushed in to enlist with everyone else during WWII. I haven't been able to find out much about the Irish or Swedish side.

[handworn]

My grandfather was in the AAF during WWII, too (they changed it from the AAC to the Army Air Forces in 1941, though I like AAC better), and like your uncle, didn't see combat. My gf was a Weights-and-Balances Officer in the 10th A.F. in India, balancing the loads of the C-46s and C-47s going over the Hump into China. What did your uncle do?

wife of relative

[anonymous]

Nice to meet you. My husband, Lendall Dee Archer, M.D. and my children are your relatives. I was looking at the will of Henry Switzer in the 1792 Will Book of Botetourt County, Virginia and typed his name in Google. If you want a copy of the will, e-mail me at ldarcher@msn.com. Also have a picture of Emma Switzer--she fits in somewhere.

Sincerely,
Linda Archer

Re: wife of relative

[madwriter]

Yes I would like that--somehow I've managed to miss it all this time!