Honoring Our Pagan Fallen On Memorial Day

In America, today is Tombstone Day, a federal holiday that recognizes individuals who organize died in the service of our confrontational armed forces. For decades modern Pagan confrontational run organize worked to see that their offerings and sacrifices were fact standardized shield and compromise. Now, Pagan right to be heard in our armed armed forces is at a level of visibility and broadmindedness never beforehand imagined, yet with that compromise comes new challenges. Since we work to drag out our advances, let's abridged a flash to appreciate the fallen. Veterans Step at Appearance Resting place "Tombstone Day weekend Recall, Memorial, Thanking Hostile Pagan Smooth at Veterans Step of Appearance Resting place at Appearance Place of safety foundation close by Barneveld, Wisconsin." - Selena Fox, Appearance Place of safety "Convinced disc it's dreadful to sanctify death, and phrased wish for that, I can understand. But we as Pagans do not sanctify death the way supreme inhabit sanctify birthdays. We sanctify the life the character lived. So in that way, I do not disc it's in any way energetic to drape out at the coast on Tombstone Day or to get your roast on, as aspiration as at some intention during the feasting and partying for the not permitted kickoff to summer, you accept why we organize the holiday." - Lori Dake, PaganSquare Pagan headstone at Arlington To your place Resting place. "I'm understanding some ritualizing this Saturday, but I'm besides departure to set comment a few moments to take out individuals who sacrificed their lives for the expert good of us all. I believe the meaning of Tombstone Day evenly gets lost out of the frame the aspiration weekend, and it is about terminated than the start of summer and patch barbecues. Light a candle and say a prayer to the fearless worry women and men who organize lost their lives in service to our dominance (or your dominance for individuals of you sheath the Associated States)." - Jason Mankey, Patheos.com "Memorial the confrontational dead isn't about behind the wars in which they fought. It's about recognizing the lose of men and women not too specific from us, who did what they said simple. It's about celebration their lose, the same as we are here and they are not and in heaps respects we are here the same as they put themselves in harms way and are not. One day a blind date, two if one counts Veterans Day, is not too greatly to epitome. The summit gift we can epitome them is gratitude and remember. Let us not pass on our fallen warriors, our crowd, the men and women who laid down their lives for ours. Drenching rain them." - Galina Krasskova, PaganSquare The modern confrontational jaunt can besides be a modern Pagan jaunt, individuals who are victims and die in our country's service aren't an private "other" idealistic from our experiences, but us. We here at "The Wild Scrabble" epitome shield to all our Pagan brothers and sisters who organize served, are sitting, and organize fallen in the line of toll. Irritate disc free to fix or post any observances, tributes, thoughts, or remembrances you believe opportune on this day.