Memorial Day, 2012

If you aren’t working today – or even if you are – please take a few moments to visit these websites to be reminded of why we commemorate the last Monday in May as Memorial Day:

New York Times – An Image that Continues to Haunt

Wall Street Journal – Why They Serve, \’If Not Me, Then Who?\’

The History Channel – A selection of Memorial Day videos

Memorial Day on Pinterest

Websites addressing specific wars fought by the US:

The Civil War

WWI “The War to End All Wars”

WWII National WWII Memorial

The Korean War

The Vietnam War (pictorial tour)

Vietnam War (The Wall)

Gulf War I (The First Televised War)

Gulf War II

Thanks to Execupundit and Kim Komando and for providing a starting point and source material for this post.