52.Have you ever been to a public Memorial Day celebration? What was the atmosphere like?

52. Have you ever been to a public Memorial Day celebration? What was the atmosphere like?

On Memorial day last year I spent the day at my neighbors house because they had a Memorial Day celebration. They had one because their son participated in war. It was alot of fun and there was alot of great foods. One of my neighbors made red white and blue cupcakes. The atmosphere was very patriotic. There were flags everywhere and everything from the napkins to the tableclothes were red white and blue. They even had balloons that were patriotic. I think Memorial Day is important and people see it more as just a day off than a day to thank and remember our troops. The celebration was a good way to thank all of the people for their work and remembering our loved ones who died. The party was patriotic and lifted alot of peoples spirits. The party was a great success and my family goes every year now to honor the troops and their families. At one point of the party my neighbor read a thankyou to the veterans and their families and they had a toast and took a moment of silence for those who died.

               Another time I went on vacation, I dont remember where but I think it was Maryland and there was this big show for Memorial day. They had troops come out and march and people played music. The troops had guns that they flipped in the air and twirled. It was a really cool show and you could see what they do to train and how hard some of the things they do are. Overall, it was a great show and the marching was great. My favorite part was when a line of troops carried the flag in and the troops all followed and were in sync. It looked like it took a lot of practice.