Every year near Julia’s place in Clayton, there’s a field of flags that springs up that is breathtakingly beautiful when you’re passing by and there’s a bit of a breeze.

What a special way to remember Memorial Day in the spirit in which it was originally instituted which was decorating the graves of soldiers from both sides of the Civil War.

One of these days I’ll have to make it up to Arlington on Memorial Day weekend but until then, my precious memorial is in a very prominent location in the living room!