1. OUR MEMORIAL DAY

2. The original name for the holiday was Decoration Day.
Memorial Day is set aside to honor those who died in our Nation's service.
Originally started to commemorate the deceased of the Civil War.
Waterloo, NY was declared the official birthplace of Memorial Day by President Johnson in 1966.
Southern women are said to have started the tradition of decorating the graves of Confederate. Soldiers with flags and flowers.
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on May 5th, 1868.

3. I. HONORING THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY

4. Respecting Government
Rom. 13:4, “For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.”
Respecting Government

5. Prov._20:29,  “The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.”

6. Heb. 11:34, “Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.”
From Gettysburg to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Young men fought valiantly!

7. II. HONORING THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THE LORD

8. Psa. 140:7, “GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.”
Prov. 21:31, “The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.”

9. Josh. 10:14, “And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.”
1. We Honor God

10. Matt. 10:35, “For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.”
2. We Honor Jesus

11. 3. We Honor Young Men of Faith
1 Tim. 1:18, “This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare.”

12. 1 Thess. 2:15, “Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men.”
4) We Honor the Martyrs

13. Stephen was stoned (Acts 7:54-60).
James was killed by the sword (Acts 12:1, 2).

14. III. HONORING OUR DEAD

15. Rom. 13:7, “Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.”

16. Rev. 14:13, “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.”

17. Brother Ralph, Ned & Virgil

18. Eccl. 4:2, “Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.”

19. Sister Nancy, John, Carroll & Charlotte

20. Rom. 6:8, “Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.”

21. Brother Robert, Ken, and Fred

22. Rom. 14:9, “For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.”

23. Brother Sam, Joe, and mom & dad

24. 1 Cor. 15:21, “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.”

25. Norma & Wilma, Art & Marilyn, and Jim

26. 1 Cor. 15:42, “So also is the resurrection of the dead
1 Cor. 15:42, “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.”