Popular Memorial Day Quotes

Memorial Day Weekend is just around corner. Most Americans look forward to the long weekend, plan short trips, barbeques and family get-togethers. Fact of the matter is Decoration Day or Memorial Day goes beyond picnics, parades and weekend sales. It is a day when people stop to give those a thought, who fought and died for the nation. We bring you some popular memorial day quotes.

"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” - Arthur Ashe once said (Educator and Sportsperson)

"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened." - Christian evangelist Billy Graham

"Freedom is the last, best hope of earth." - Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt." - American educator Bergen Evans

“We make war, so we can live in peace.” – Aristotle

“What we do with this peace–whether we preserve it and defend it, or whether we lose it and let it slip away–will be the measure of our worthiness of the spirit and sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands who gave their lives in two World Wars, Korea, and in Vietnam.” – Richard Nixon

New Year Celebrations in Mexico

Similar to the USA and other North American countries, New Year is celebrated with pomp and grandeur in Mexico. The first day of the year is a public holiday in the country. Mexico being a country of rich culture, the occasion is celebrated with many interesting customs and traditions.

Party all night long 

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Native Mexican families love to organize parties on the final night of the year. People are invited and served traditional foods. Mexican pan dulce is an integral part of the menu served to the guests. Pendant or coin is hidden in the pan dulce, the person who gets the pendant is considered to be the luckiest person in the New Year. New Year’s Greetings for friends are also exchanged.

Burning the negative vibes 

Traditional games also form a part of the New Year day party celebrations in the country. In one such game people are asked to write good and bad events of the current in their life. The task is completed before the middle of the night. As the clock strikes 12 in the night people are asked to through the paper in fire. This is done to burn all the negative vibes and start the new year with renewed vigor.