Dear Brethren,
This month we celebrate Memorial Day. As a young child, I remember Memorial Day as standing on the curb holding a small American Flag (handed out by the local World War I veterans) and watching the annual parade. There were lots of bands and marching solders, and afterward, there was a picnic with hot dogs, soda and games. It was a lot of fun then.
However, today Memorial Day has taken a more somber tone. With the world situation the way it is, it will not only be a day to remember those who have already made the supreme sacrifice, but to direct our hopes and prayers for those young men in combat overseas and hope that someone, somewhere, somehow will have the answer to stop this insane violence and bring our men home to their families.
And is it not ironic that at the same time we offer our hopes and prayers to our young soldiers, we also offer homage to their mothers on Mother's Day?
Fraternally,
Robert James Rawding
Woshipful Master
