Memorial Day...

This weekend was eventful in more ways than one. I went home for the long weekend hoping to enjoy a relaxing barbeque and spend time with the family. What actually happened was a lot less relaxing than I had hoped. I had two large family events to attend, one of them being a sweet 16 on Sunday afternoon. During the party, between all the dancing, eating and candle lighting, we had a moment of silence in remembrance of the soldiers lost and the ones still in Iraq fighting for our country today. The speech that was given before the moment of silence was very moving and genuine since the uncle of the birthday girl served some time in the military and lived firsthand the horrors of war.
Other than that, I didn't do anything out of the ordinary on Memorial Day itself. I was back in the city, and decided to spend my day shopping. While I was walking into center city via Walnut Street, I noticed some ceremony going on by the Schuylkill River down by Kelly Drive. There were soldiers in uniform on a platform receiving some sort of award and/or being honored. I thought it was a really nice thing to be done for our troops.