Growing up in Indianapolis, I always associated Memorial Day with Race Day. However, now that I have spent the last two Memorial Days with my grandparents in Iowa, I have found a lot more meaning in the day. My grandpa is the leader of his town's American Legion and he led the ceremony at Maynard's cemetery. Since I stayed a little longer, I got the privilege of helping the legioners take down all of the flags around the cemetery as well. My grandpa was about to introduce me to one of the older men helping us out, but he responded, "Well she looks like a Holtz, if you've seen one you've seen them all." I thought that was hilarious.
May 25, 2009
Growing up in Indianapolis, I always associated Memorial Day with Race Day. However, now that I have spent the last two Memorial Days with my grandparents in Iowa, I have found a lot more meaning in the day. My grandpa is the leader of his town's American Legion and he led the ceremony at Maynard's cemetery. Since I stayed a little longer, I got the privilege of helping the legioners take down all of the flags around the cemetery as well. My grandpa was about to introduce me to one of the older men helping us out, but he responded, "Well she looks like a Holtz, if you've seen one you've seen them all." I thought that was hilarious.
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