# My Memorial Day speech this morning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400 "2010-05-31T17:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/41 "2017-05-31T16:09:54Z")
Thanks for the bump. Never realized a fellow Botticelli player had this much depth and dedication. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/42 "2018-05-28T11:16:33Z")
Best wishes to you all again this Memorial Day. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/43 "2018-05-28T12:27:50Z")
I doubt I’ll ever be called on to give a Memorial Day speech, but if I am I’m going to, uh, borrow part of this one, with due credit of course. Today I’ll be visiting my father’s grave/ He was in the Army during the Korean War. Luckily he never saw combat, or I might not be here today. I was lucky too, being stationed in Korea during 1976. This if like \*\*Coldfire’\*\*s May 5th thread, deserving to be bumped every year. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/44 "2018-05-28T18:58:29Z")
Thanks, **Baker** , to you and your late father for your service. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/45 "2018-05-28T20:04:49Z")
Thanks, EH, for this reminder! Blessings to you. My middle name comes from my uncle, Pvt. Roy B Grigsby, an amphibious truck driver during World War II. On April 28, 1944, he was deployed for training at Slapton Sands, Devon, UK, in preparation for the D-Day invasion. The convoy of four LSTs and escorts was attacked by a group of _Kriegsmarine_ E-boats during the early morning hours. His LST and one other were lost, as was my uncle who died that night, 90 months before I was born. Never having known him, I miss him to this day. (You can search the web for “Exercise Tiger” if you want to know more.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/46 "2018-05-29T02:17:41Z")
This is very moving, as always. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/47 "2018-05-29T03:57:54Z")
May I share this? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/48 "2018-05-29T04:07:37Z")
Thank you all, and yes, **SD** , please feel free. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/49 "2019-05-27T11:03:02Z")
Best wishes to you all again this Memorial Day. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/50 "2019-05-27T12:30:11Z")
It is always good to see this thread again. I do not often read speeches over more than once, but this one ranks right at the top. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/51 "2019-05-27T13:05:41Z")
Thanks for posting this again, as in every other year. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/52 "2019-05-27T21:57:48Z")
Glad to! Hope it’s been a good day for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/53 "2019-05-28T01:03:31Z")
The wife and I yesterday visited the [National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific](https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/nmcp.asp), aka Punchbowl Cemetery since it is in Punchbowl crater. They were sprucing up the place for Memorial Day today, although it generally always looks well cared for. It’s closed on all federal holidays except Memorial Day. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/54 "2020-05-25T04:40:55Z")
Best Memorial Day wishes to you all once more. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/55 "2020-05-25T04:43:06Z")
Back at ya! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/56 "2021-05-31T01:14:31Z")
Once again, best Memorial Day wishes to you all. May it be a day of meaningful patriotism to all American Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/57 "2022-05-27T20:56:32Z")
Best Memorial Day weekend wishes to you all. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/58 "2022-05-28T02:24:08Z")
Best Memorial Day wishes to you as well, @Elendil_s_Heir 😔 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/59 "2023-05-29T15:31:58Z")
Once more, my best Memorial Day weekend wishes to you all. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-memorial-day-speech-this-morning/541400/60 "2023-05-29T15:38:05Z")
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