This first bit is not tradition, but because Grandma and Papa used to eat here, we decided to try The Hat for dinner. They are famous for their pastrami dip sandwiches and fries. We ordered two large fries and were blown away by the size. We had to take a picture and blog about it.
Here are our best fat faces....
Now for the serious part...We drove to the cemeteries where our parents are buried. Kelly's mom and dad's cemetery usually have beautiful full-size flag displays, see Remembering, but we did a late afternoon trip this time and missed them. There were still small flags everywhere.
Kelly brings some cleaner and polish and polishes up the granite headstones quite nicely.
We usually take a few minutes to reflect, and the girls like to read the names on other headstones.
Here are both Carmen and Ray's headstone, and my moms. Kelly did a great polishing job!
We know our parents aren't actually here, but it has been a nice remembrance on a day set aside for remembering. It's fun to know that Carmen's family used to make flowers and decorate graves when she was a little girl as part of the "Decoration Day" observance, so we also talk about the real reason for Memorial Day and it's history, and remember to be thankful for all of those who have served and given their lives for our country.
We know our parents aren't actually here, but it has been a nice remembrance on a day set aside for remembering. It's fun to know that Carmen's family used to make flowers and decorate graves when she was a little girl as part of the "Decoration Day" observance, so we also talk about the real reason for Memorial Day and it's history, and remember to be thankful for all of those who have served and given their lives for our country. 
3 comments:
That is so great that you guys could go and do that. Thanks for doing mom's. The food looks great too!
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I love that you guys polished the headstones. I don't know why, but I've never thought to do that. I think I would like to do that next time I am visiting family graves. What did you use to polish them?
We clean the stone with CLR first. It helps to let the liquid sit and eat at the lime for a few minutes. Then wipe/scrub with a terry cloth rag. The polish is kitchen counter polish like you polish your granite counter tops with. A little bit on a terry cloth rag buffed over the stone is marvelous. We decided we need to bring a small brush next time as the lime gets in the grooves of the lettering, but all in all there was a big improvement.
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