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Dunno if I am allowed to do this, but here goes:<\/p>\n
The Memorial Days Flowers Foundation has been placing flowers at the graves at Arlington for over a decade. This year, donations are far short of what is needed – at the current pace they will have enough to place flowers at only 80,000 of the 310,000 graves.<\/p>\n
\nThe Memorial Day tradition of placing flowers at the graves of fallen troops \u2014 one that started as \u201cDecoration Day\u201d \u2014 began on May 30, 1868, on the heels of the nation\u2019s bloodiest war in history. The Memorial Day Flowers Foundation joined the effort in 2011 and has been placing flowers at the gravesites of fallen service members ever since.<\/p>\n
The organization started by placing 10,000 roses at graves in the cemetery, and eventually expanded to cemeteries around the country through the help of donors, businesses and volunteers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n
Not going to speculate why the donations are off, comment about the worth of those who should donate and don’t\u00a0 –\u00a0 I know they aren’t going to get it all here – but if all of us chipped in a few bucks and told our friends (those of us that have any) maybe we could help get the ball rolling.\u00a0 How many of us have friends or family members in a military cemetery?\u00a0 Oughta be at least that many donations!<\/p>\n
Here is a link to their site:<\/p>\n
Memorial Day Flowers<\/a><\/p>\n
H\/t to Jeff LPH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"