Here is Something I Posted Long Ago, and Wrote Even Longer Ago

Memorial Day Memory; 1983 There’s a Memorial Day Parade in Rumford today. The whole town will go the way they always do. With smiles of anticipation, we are ready to go. In Rumford today, Al, Digger, Lois and me crowd into the cab of the truck and head down the highway. We want to see the sights and share the fun. The whole town will go. They can’t stay away. Somehow Al and Digger find money to buy Lois and me flags. We watch the soldiers march by, and try to stand tall like them. Shriners ride their motorcycles the way they always do and clowns pedaled tricycles too. One sneaks up and pinches Lois’s nose and hands me a balloon. With smiles of anticipation, Digger brings over plates full of watermelon and red skinned hot dogs, We eagerly dine; a meal made in heaven. We are ready to go after all the soldiers have marched, the trucks and tanks have rolled. We share the memories and practice marching; Lois and I, a two-person Army. There was a Memorial Day Parade today.