If you have attended a memorial service for a fallen fellow US service member while overseas, in a hostile land, you will always see Memorial Day differently. Thanks, History Guy.

My dad's cousin, George, was shot down over the Bay of Nice during WWII. RIP to all the fallen in defense of our country.

Memorial Day is to honor those who died in service, Veterans Day is for those still among us, yet many combine the two somehow.

Many thanks to your great uncle George. We appreciate his service. We salute his sacrifice. 💌

Thank you for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms, you are gone but never forgotten.

Thank you Lance! I appreciate your service to "History, that Deserves to be Remembered." , and most importantly, to all our service members memorialized through their ultimate sacrifice to this greater good known as The United States of America . God Bless America.

My dad’s great grandfather was a German immigrant who served in the Union Army & was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek. I also have ancestors who served in World War II, one in the Navy served in the Philippines, another ancestor in the Army was in Okinawa, & another was in training with General Patton in Oklahoma before the Battle of the Bulge. My uncle John served in Vietnam.

Thank you, history guy! As a veteran, Memorial Day means a great deal to myself and my brothers and sisters!

My grandfather and his brother registered for the draft in WW1. Grandpa had a hernia so was rejected, but his brother was accepted and later killed on Oct 8, 1918 in the Muesse-Argonne offensive. Two of my 2nd great grandfathers fought in the Civil War and were both wounded. One at the Battle of Stones River and the other at Petersburg.

I would like to offer a tip of my hat to all of the Coast Guardsmen who served during WWII. They served in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They took part in Operation Overlord, D-Day. It seems like Hollywood and the popular press have ignored them

Thanks THG. There is so much heart in your videos that somehow I often seem to go away with a tear in my eye and a better understanding and feeling for events that shaped our world.

God Bless The History Guy! Thank you so much for your channel!

TY THG for stories of valor and loss that deserve to be remembered.

Great stuff yet again HG. Enjoyed learning the origins of the USA memorial day. Respect to them all Something written by Lemmie Kilminster of the rock band MotorHead in his song 1916. Seems very poignant to all fallen soldiers . Basiclly it says the individual's fade into the past and only their collective sacrifice is remembered which is rather sad

Wonderful video History Guy. I agree it shouldn’t be a 3 day weekend!

Amen may we never forget the 1.5 million men and women who have stood and died so that we can all be free!

Lest their sacrifice be forgotten, We owe our presence to these men,and women .

This day is to remember all of the people who gave their lives for our freedom!!! We shall never forget!!!

Thank you for remembering the real reason we celebrate Memorial Day. Thank you for helping us to understand that the sacrifice of these heroes goes beyond numbers by highlighting one particular service member.

I live in Waterloo NY. I just wish those who do not think it started here should spend the weekend here. Three days and many events. You should take a trip here on the weekend. Thanks for the great video.

The last one makes you wonder how many unfortunate souls died from the flack that missed it's target and were killed by shrapnel falling 30K feet on to unsuspecting civilians, especially over large urban areas.

My great Uncle fought in the Argonne Forrest. He survived but, by his own admission, was never the same. He taught me to fish when I was six years old. I miss him. ❤️😞❤️ Thank you for sharing these stories. I served on the USS Kittyhawk CV-63 (discharged 1981). Anyone who has served in the US Military knows it is the most overworked, underappreciated and underpaid of all occupations. ❤️😞🇺🇲😞❤️

My Great Great Grandfather lost his left arm during the Civil War. He was active in his Virginia Unit celebrating and remembering fellow soldiers that were lost during the War. Great episode, keep up the good work.

Thank you for giving us the history of Memorial Day. It is very important to remember how and why we have this day. Gof Bless you.

Uncle George thanks for your service.

God bless all men Like George who took up the call to keep our liberties. We are now at the same point that President Lincoln saw. Will this house stand? It is being assailed from within. Lets hope citizens like George are still raised in America!

I miss you, Grandpa.

History Guy Thanks for posting this On Memorial Day

Excellently and professionally done.

May this Memorial Day be filled with laughter love good grub and memories of those who have already gone before us!

Always outstanding programs. Thank you for this chat.

All branches are important 🙏🏻💪🇺🇸

Thank you for helping us remember History that should Not be Forgotten. Semper Fi.

Respect revere remember 🙏🏻🇺🇸

God bless our fallen and MIA.

It is fitting and proper that you show the respect to one of your ancestors in this way, on this day. Bravo good sir! You are an outstanding human being!

My Uncle Lowell was killed in WWII and is buried in American cemetery near Rome Italy

In all the Memorial Day ads I've seen or listened to over the years, not one has ever acknowledged the true meaning of this holiday. Special deals, on cars, mattresses, tires, etc. Not one word of rememberance or thanks from the advertisers.

As a Northerner, we shouldn't have removed the Confederate monuments. Good or bad, it is part of our history. Most Americans don't know their own history (and sadly their rights).

Here’s to all that gave all.

How Many Tears Have Fallen Tears so many have fallen Through the years for the Greatest Nation ever Tears for life liberty the pursuit of happiness For a free world Tears for the sons and daughters that never returned home Warrior soldiers all Tears wiped from the cheeks of so many wives Shed by the children with only faint memories Tears behind the mother's veil On father's handkerchief Tears at the base of the white stone That wet the flowers and flags Tears at the sound of taps played in the distance For the memories of buddies Tears at the sight and sound of dog tags boots Empty Tears when the aircraft flyover Stars shining brightly Tears as the ships sail Anchors aweigh Tears for those that patrol Guard the dark nights alone Tears at roll call With no reply to a name called How many tears have fallen Bless Them All Barry

Still awaiting reconstruction locally but honoring our dead & living heroic forebears.

Hello History Guy, as a retired Navy corpsman, I thought your picture of uncle George was very compelling🙂.

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally!

Columbus, Mississippi is where it started… on April 25, 1866 in Friendship Cemetery. I lived in Columbus for 18 years and history is engrained deeply there… I know GA is claiming it, as many try. Thanks for you always great work in sharing “history that deserves to be remembered”.

1st LT Jeremy Ray HWB 1/3 ACR

thanks

"Unity of Purpose" is an elusive ideal.

Thank you.

The movie "The Lost Battalion" (starring Ricky Schroder) gave a decent rendering of what occurred when the 308th was "cut-off".

Sgt. Darrell Percy Trynor (rifle squadron leader 7th armored division first army 1 FEBRUARY 1945 • Belgium( Battle of Hürtgen Forest)(killed in action) Sgt. John Sherwood Williamson pilot officer(RCAF427 squadron (bomber)) 5 OCT 1944 • (MIA(night of Oct 4, 1944) North Sea), Runnymede Memorial (panel 253), England Never got to meet either of them.

My father received his first combat ribbon while serving in the Coastguard during the Korea war . The ship's name is somewhere in his papers if I find it I'll add it . He served in the Navy in the last year of WWII but never in combat. He enjoyed sharing the story of how they were so close to shore they were under constant fire from shore defensive . They were there shelling those beach defensive for a planned beach landing. Meanwhile the Navy was 15 miles out shelling over them further inland.

Add the football 🏈 player Pat Tillman. 🙏🏻🇺🇸💪

Thank you for all the great episodes that you do! Have you ever considered doing one about Bennet Place Historical Site in Durham, NC? It is called the Appomattox of the South, where Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered the Southern army to the Union Gen. William Sherman on April 26,1865. Thank you

He was first of all, a gentleman. I want to become one.

The people of Boalsburg, PA have a whole lot to argue about with The History Guy.....The woman of that town DECORATED Union graves BEFORE 1865 in Charleston , SC. In fact, they were doing it BEFORE the Civil War ended and well BEFORE the Union even INVADED Charleston, SC. Thus EVERY year Boalsburg, PA, a village in Centre County where nearly every house and building is on the Historical List with numbered placards on each...celebrates THE BIRTHPLACE OF MEMORIAL DAY.

A little tidbit about the Coast Guard Cutter Miami. Being named after the tribe, the correct pronunciation would be My-am-uh. The tribe is now headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma. Again pronounced My-am-uh.

You are not forgotten...😢

3pm today a moment of silence..A law...

Finding this channel has stolen my life.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 11 I. The 30th day of May, 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit. We are organized, comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose, among other things, "of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion." What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead who made their breasts a barricade between our country and its foes? Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided republic. If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remains in us. Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the nation's gratitude-the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. II. It is the purpose of the commander in chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year, while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades. He earnestly desires the public press to call attention to this order, and lend its friendly aid in bringing it to the notice of comrades in all parts of the country in time for simultaneous compliance therewith. III. Department commanders will use every effort to make this order effective. By Command of - John A. Logan, Commander in Chief

Oddly my computer's calendar says today is the 29th not the 30th .

God bless our troops past and present. They deserve a lot of accolades for helping to protect our country.

Honor all veterans, KIA, MIA and Maimed today by reading the Declaration of Independence until you understand why our Individual Sovereignty exists since the Revolutionary War.

People get it mixed up with Veterans Day. I'm a veteran. I went in after Vietnam. Not a popular time to enlist in the US Navy. My friends and family and even my own dad were killed by thier service. Agent Orange and the water at Camp legumes killed my dad. I began going to the VA in Tampa Bay in 2005 long after my discharge. So many of my friends. So many friends died from various causes. My friend Mark got shot with a.50 caliber machine gun in Nam. He got up and killed 13 NVA regulars before he passed out He had a hole in his stomach until he died in Florida. And my friends from the Iraqi and Afghanistan conflict. And Panama. And Grenada... not a war according to VA regional benefits regulations. I'm so sick of it. My friend Lou Nehman died from Agent Orange in 2007. He served in Vietnam in 1970. The VA in St Petersburg treated him for cancer. He got his benefits and died 2 weeks later. Damn our doctor cried. My grandpa was 3rd wave Omaha Beach. The family wondered why he drank so much when he came home.This is a sad day for me so I drink 🍷 to my friends and family who gave all. My personal history worth remembering. Often our veterans came back alive but dead inside. Shell Shock in WW1. Battle Fatigue in WW2. PTSD in later wars. It's all the same damn thing. Sad. No there is no happy Memorial Day as I was told today because of my Veterans hat. No such a day will never be happy for those that served.

"Coach" Jim Henry: math genius, b17 navigator, suptdt. county ed., was my teacher. Praise God and pass the ammunition!!!

USS TWIGGS- The Ship History Forgot

A lot of people don't know about the significance of Waterloo, NY. But I do. I live 40 minutes from there. In Trumansburg NY, where the Moog Synthesizer was Invented. In between these two towns in Interlaken NY. Where Rod Serling, host of the Twilight Zone Series, is Buried. Local History is cool.

The story of Cole, Jimmy Doolittle's copilot in aircraft one would make an interesting story too

Remembering the Heroes who never came Home🎖💜🏅🟥⬜🟦🙏⭐🙏And the Gold Star Families

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I can’t imagine what it took to walk, shoulder to shoulder, into massed musket and cannon fire. Talk about a meat grinder and cannon fodder.

And anyone named Eddie needs to be remembered. Im not partial.

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A grateful Nation remembers your Great Uncle George along with the million plus Americans full measure of sacrifice; they loved America most conspicuously. And we remember and commerorate them. .

Happy Memorial Day

17:15 Rock on to Electric Avenue. 🎵Then will take it higher

The old lie..."Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori".

I find it odd that people party on Memorial Day. It's like having a 9/11 party. It should be somber and reflective. Not a weekend full of bad decisions.

In the south still there's a tradition of decoration it's to put flowers on the grave's of family members,to April until September depending on your family it's still a tradition.

I did mention that about those who never came home and is buried in a foreign land among others that died with them. When I gave a early memorial day comment

I would enjoy an episode about nuclear weapons plants. I’m down wind from Rocky Flats. We got class action settlement from fallout. I went in the plant because of my job. Spooky 💩

Baker Bandits, first of the 1st, Pops Stewart's boy loves your asses one and all. You beautiful magnificent heroes!!!

I had a couple of missionaries from the Later Day Saints, aka Mormons a few days ago. I shoo'd them away by telling them that I was a Muslim, but they reminded me of a bit of their Mormon history. I know at one point before they became a State they fought some running battles with the US Cavalry, and a regiment of US Army infantry supported by cannons. I also remember reading somewhere that the Mormons attacked and plundered several wagon trains of Settlers heading West; that after they pillaged the wagon trains, they executed every settler above the age of 12, then kidnapped and forcibly adopted the surviving children into Mormon families. What do you know of this, and would you do a video on the subject?

Propelling TU Up In Flames Day Before Yesterday Night/ or Last Night.. Wild Guess On Contents Being Flown Is The Anwar Usually

"Philadelphia Nationals"? It's my understanding that we went from the Quakers to the Phillies.

7th, 29 May 2023

A little known story related to Memorial Day. How many viewers know that Confederate soldiers and spies are buried in the Arlington National Cemetery? They are now in the Confederate section dominated by a tall monument. One of them is Jewish Confederate soldier, Moses Jacob Ezekiel who came from a slave-owning family and was a die-hard racist. After the war he became a successful sculptor in Europe. He was the creator of the monument and its sculptures. He was also a fervent supporter and promoter of the "Lost Cause" myth. In 2017, 22 descendants of the Ezekiel family signed a letter in the Washington Post requesting that the monument be removed. The Department of Defense has decided that it must be removed by January 1st, 2024. Strangely, Ezekiel was only commissioned to create the monument in 1910 and it was dedicated in 1914, nearly 50 years after the Civil War. Openly racist President Wilson gave a dedication speech and also began the tradition of presidents sending a wreath on the Confederate Memorial Day. Most US presidents, even Obama, followed this tradition.

I showed your videos on t tok and got basically banned lol, I’m actually a living descendants of Dutch republic

DEO VINDEC

I thought Alexander Hamilton founded the Coast Guard?

Good evening

One thing people should remember is....the vast number of southerners did not own slaves. But, many non slave owners fought for the south. Why? Simply because they believed their home/state was being invaded. Thankfully the south lost the war but remember most southerners did not own slaves and were not fighting to keep their slaves.

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in your thumbnail they are saluting the wrong way

US Army Military Police Corps.

Come on - why/how did reconstruction end? Why/how can you justify, even in passing, the obnoxious glorification of traitors? If you're going to mention the myth of the "Lost Cause", how about mentioning all the "historical" monuments that were created decades later? You consistently lack a coherent thesis & waffle around trying to placate - or find - an audience. OH yeah, how much is that cameo thing?

Far too many "best ofs' lately. Time to unsub. L8rz.

Dear Mr. History Guy, yesterday I attended a church service where the celebrating pastor included in her homily the moving story of the Four Chaplains, also known as the Immortal Chaplains, and their heroic self-sacrifice in help the civilian and military passengers of the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed and sunk be a German U-boat on February 3, 1943 on its way to Greenland. I think it would make a great History Guy episode. It is history that definitely needs to be remembered. Here's the link to the Wikipedia article about them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Chaplains