{"id":1775,"date":"2010-05-30T06:13:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T10:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2010-06-04T20:58:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T00:58:57","slug":"memorial-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=1775","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">From my sketchbook. A visit to the gravesite in Epinal of my mother\u2019s beloved, and only, brother, a pilot shot down over France in 1944.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'ITC Galliard', 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Epinal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1776\" title=\"Epinal\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Epinal.jpg\" alt=\"Epinal\" width=\"455\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Epinal.jpg 650w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Epinal-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'ITC Galliard', 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">I know that I shall meet my fate<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Somewhere among the clouds above;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Those that I fight I do not hate,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Those that I guard I do not love;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">My county is Kiltartan Cross,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">My countrymen Kiltartan\u2019s poor,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">No likely end could bring them loss<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Or leave them happier than before.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">A lonely impulse of delight<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Drove to this tumult in the clouds;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">The years to come seemed waste of breath,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">A waste of breath the years behind<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">In balance with this life, this death.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><\/address>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<address>\u2014William Butler Yeats<\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/CakeWedding1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1851\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"CakeWedding\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/CakeWedding1.png\" alt=\"CakeWedding\" width=\"140\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>Ariel and Sam<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From my sketchbook. A visit to the gravesite in Epinal of my mother\u2019s beloved, and only, brother, a pilot shot down over France in 1944. 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