The Memorial.......Day

It's not just three-day weekends and barbeques.
When people actually try to remember the meaning of Memorial Day, they often picture this:

 

 Some of us picture this:

Or, perhaps something more like this:

All real "antiseptic" and "old-timey" and "someone else".
Decidedly NOT this:

 

...or this:

 

REMEMBER THE REASON FOR MEMORIAL DAY.