It was nice to be part of the celebrations here and the way authentic Indian culture has been propagated and preserved. Life in cosmopolitan India has changed but the small town/ village culture from Norther India is propagated here. The Indo- Trinidadians are thankful to their fore fathers for sacrificing so much for a better future for them today.
Co-incidentally Babetude happened to visit here for the first time on May 30th two years ago...Lovely co incidence indeed!
Today also happened to be Memorial Day in the US.
For the uninitiated,Memorial Day is a United States Federal Holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as DecorationDay, the holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who perished in military service to their country. Memorial Dayoriginally honored Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War but After World War I it was expanded to include those who died in any war or military action.
President Obama called on all Americans to come together to honor the men and women who gave their lives so that the others may live free.
It's a wonderful commemoration indeed! Indian martyrs and heroes get honored on Republic Day and Independence day.
But any day can be as good and today too it was an honor to remember such heroes.
The words attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds (1875 -1958), an English Classicist, who had put them together among a collection of 12 epitaphs for World War One, in 1916 will always keep touching...
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"
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