Memories and Memorials

All Aboard the Meme Express – Monday, May 25, 2009

Today is Memorial Day in the United States. On this date, Americans gather for parades and picnics and to honor those who sacrificed their lives in service to their country. Memorial Day also marks the unofficial start of the summer season.

The Meme Express offers a choice of prompts. Use any or all of these keywords in your post:

memory

memento

memorial

parade

patriot

remember

reminder

soldier

vestige

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

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Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Throughout 2009, please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer, a Bible reading and devotional blog, as we read through the entire Bible in chronological order.