Memorial Day is held in honor of the men and women who died during military service. Since they made the sacrifice for our country you may wish to hold a charity asking people to sacrifice for the soldiers. You can easily put together a backyard BBQ as you normally would for your party, but this time put out change jars for guests to put their loose change into which can be donated to any number of veteran's organizations to benefit the living relatives of deceased military members. If you like you can see about contacting members of a local veteran's association to make an appearance at your party. They can enjoy some food and mingle to tell people about what its like in the military and of the nature of their cause.

If you can hang the flag at half mast on Memorial Day. It may even be possible to work a flag raising ceremony into your party schedule, with a moment of silence as you raise the flag to half mast in the memory of fallen soldiers. This will serve to bring home the importance of the holiday to so many.

For this solemn occasion raise a collection of money from your neighbors and relatives to use in the purchase of wreaths. Then on Memorial Day gather a group of volunteers to visit the graves of military members and work to clean them up. There are many places where the graves of civil war veterans are neglected and forgotten. You can set fallen tombstones upright, pull up weeds and mow the grass and put out the wreaths. The will show relatives of the deceased that people are aware of their family members sacrifice and it will leave you with a good feeling. Now you've got ideas, don't sit at home, get out there and do something this Memorial Day.

Gail Leino

Mrs. Party... Gail Leino is the internet's leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies, using proper etiquette, living a healthy lifestyle while also teaching organizational skills and fun facts.