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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/memorial-day/">Memorial Day</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 26, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Alexandra M. Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all. To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the “National Moment of Remembrance” resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans “To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to ‘Taps.” The Moment of Remembrance is a step in the right direction to returning the meaning back to the day. What is needed is a full return to the original day of observance. Set aside one day out of the year for the nation to get together to remember, reflect and honor those…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/memorial-day/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/memorial-day/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/memorial-day/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/memorial-day/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>