4. DON\u2019T DISREGARD ITS IMPORTANCE<\/strong><\/p>\nAlthough while stores like Carmax and Ikea and even Walmart are offering steep discounts on items like vehicles, furniture, and pool supplies, that is not the point of the holiday. The genuine meaning is lost when people simply think about the free food and refrigerator sales. That’s not something we can let happen, especially considering how long our nation has been at war.<\/p>\n
Don’t forget to toast the brave men and women of the armed forces who lost their lives so that we might enjoy a day of leisure and revelry.<\/p>\n
5. DON\u2019T FORGET IT EXISTS<\/strong><\/p>\nThe only thing worse than having the day become associated with sales and potato salad is having it be forgotten altogether. Instead of honouring the sacrifices of those who served our country, we dishonour them when Memorial Day is treated as just another day off from work.<\/p>\n
6. DON\u2019T LET POLITICS KEEP YOU FROM RENDERING RESPECT<\/strong><\/p>\nIt makes no difference whether you disagree with going to war, why the United States goes to war, or the policies of the president who was in charge of the country during that conflict. For almost two centuries, Americans’ defence forces have stood up for the nation’s citizens and their interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Memorial Day is a day of solemn remembrance for those who have died while serving in the military. It is important to approach the holiday with respect and honour for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Here are some things you should not do on Memorial Day: 1. DON\u2019T WISH ANYONE A \u201cHAPPY MEMORIAL DAY\u201d This is not the holiday season, and Memorial Day was not created to offer pleasure every year. It was established so that Americans might remember those who had died while serving their nation. To “strew with flowers, or otherwise decorate the graves of comrades <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18114,"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18113\/revisions\/18114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentsdaysale.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}