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Citizens to pause at 3 p.m. for a Moment to reflect on the Sacrifices of our Fallen
WASHINGTON, DC— Monday, May 30, at 3 p.m local time, Major League Baseball games will stop, Amtrak train whistles will blast across the nation and hundreds of other nationwide participants will ask Americans to pause for the Memorial Day National Moment of Remembrance. Established by an Act of Congress, the ‘Moment’ honors those who died in service to our country.
Other participants include Veterans Service Organizations, NASCAR, thoroughbred racing, military installations, the National Constitution Center, Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority, schools, universities, hospitals, United Spinal Association, retirement communities, shopping malls, National Parks, National Grocers’ Association, airports, bus lines, and the International Space Station.
All citizens, alone or with family and friends, wherever they may be at 3 p.m., local time, are asked to pause for a Moment of reflection and rededication to give something back to our country in memory of our nation’s fallen. Our goal is to put “Memorial” back into Memorial Day. A Gallup poll revealed that only 28 percent of Americans know the meaning of this noble holiday.
“We want Americans to contemplate those things that bind us together. We want every child to say ‘I know why I am free and I know who died for my freedom.’ The legacy of those who died to keep this country free – from the Revolutionary War to the Present – is something that strengthens and unites us,” said Carmella LaSpada, Director of the White House Commission on Remembrance.
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