National Memorial Day Concert 2025

It was appropriate, my sob-down in the shower after seeing The National Memorial Day Concert 2025.  That one-and-a-half-hour Public Broadcasting Station presentation carried the solemnity of what this country has stood for these hundreds of years and throughout generations.  I saw this ceremony carry integrity and authenticity, without any USA government take-over operatives in attendance.  I saw not one recognizable face from the Executive or Judicial Branches of our government in the gathering, nor in the honorary presenters. 

From what I observed there were no political platforms, no lies, no egos, no darkness, no agents of division or despair, no demolishing profanity, no chanting, no whistling, booing or hooting.  Respect from the attendees and  participants was palpable, respect from and for the U.S. Military personnel {past and present}, respect for the ceremony and those presenting it, respect from the crowds of mixed people in attendance.

People appeared to have left logo hats behind, individuals of all ages, ethnicities, affiliations, religions, people wearing their decency, smiling, applauding, even singing together, standing side-by-side listening to and watching remembrance of the history of this country and those who formed it, defended it, and stood up for the words and meanings of ‘liberty’ and ‘freedom’ for all.

The energy in the presentation and in the crowd of witnesses carried no dismissive diminishment, no agenda, no persuasion, no condemnation, only reverence that shone out and radiated the kind of unity, solidarity and commemoration befitting the images projected on screens, befitting the uniformed individuals standing together in service to their country at the place of this gathering, throughout the U.S., and abroad.   The ceremony again let us see  the events, the men, the women and the children of the United States military who came before this moment we are living right now, in our country’s immediate pivotal balance at the precipice of preserving respect for and within America, or losing the freedom and the liberty for which it stands.  We saw the kind of bravery that is now being asked of us today, military, citizen, visitors and residents.

At this ceremony I felt the penetrating sobriety of the past war scenes that were visually replayed for The People, and heard the words that were verbally delivered to us from war-torn voices. This was a tribute to our country’s present military personnel and an acknowledgement of past military personnel, those who were sacrificed in the very prime of their lives, for the sake of preserving America’s freedom and independence, both of which are at this moment being dismantled, yet this time by our very own government. 

                  May intentions turn about-face and defenses prevail — and let ‘We The People’ join the song from Les Miserables, “Do You Hear the People Sing?”

https://youtu.be/1q82twrdr0U?si=ClKvZznXTT88piIk

5/26/25 by Diana J. Legun