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Memorial Day 2022

NewDealdemocrat | May 30, 2022 5:49 pm

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Memorial Day 2022

Memorial Day is that most somber of national observances, in which we remember all those, of whatever race, creed, color, or nationality, who gave their lives so that government of the People, by the People, and for the People shall not perish from the Earth.

In past years I have included photographs of famous Civil War and World War 1 and 2 graveyards, as well as Arlington National Cemetery.

This year let me focus on several others who gave all in defense of the Republic.

This is a photo of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the unit whose story was made into the 1999 Oscar winning movie “Glory:”

The 54th suffered roughly 42% casualties, including the death of their commander, leading the failed Union assault on Battery Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. Of 600 men, over 280 men were killed, wounded, captured, and/or missing and presumed dead.

This is Officer Brian Sicknick, the US Capital Police Officer who was killed by the insurrectionists who attempted to stage a coup on January 6, 2021:

May all those who gave their lives in the defense of the Republic Rest In Peace, and be remembered forever.

3 Comments

run75441 says:

May 30, 2022 at 7:29 pm

NDd;

Not much I can say today. Those I knew and served with are still remembered. We were young once and now it is just me.

Thank you for the remembrance of two other tragic events.
Fred C. Dobbs says:

May 31, 2022 at 7:28 am

US marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings

Washungton Post – May 30

After a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers last week, many politicians, public figures, and gun-control advocates said the federal government should ensure that mass shootings will not happen again.

But mass shootings have already happened again — and again. At least 14 mass shootings have taken place across the United States since Tuesday, from California to Arizona and Tennessee.

This Memorial Day weekend alone — spanning Saturday, Sunday and the federal holiday on Monday — there have been at least 11 mass shootings.

These incidents, gleaned from local news reports and police statements, meet the threshold for mass shootings as defined by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research organization. …

At least seven people have been killed and 49 injured in the mass shootings over the holiday weekend, according to the gun violence group and local news sources. Since the Uvalde shooting last Tuesday, at least 10 people have been killed and 61 were injured in mass shootings.

Brian Stelter, chief media correspondent and news anchor at CNN, interrupted a broadcast Sunday about the response to the mass shooting in Uvalde to tell viewers about another — in Tennessee.

“Mass killings like Buffalo and Uvalde become national news, but many mass shootings do not. They just end up being local stories,” Stelter said, in a clip that has been viewed over 334,000 times on Twitter.

On Saturday evening, six teenagers were injured by gunfire in Chattanooga, Tenn., in what Mayor Tim Kelly said was probably “an altercation between other teenagers.”

The victims, who were between the ages of 13 and 15, were transported to a hospital, and two had life-threatening injuries, according to the Chattanooga Police Department. …

The Chattanooga shooting was one of at least five mass shootings that took place on Saturday alone, according to GVA.

On Sunday, there were at least another five mass shootings, including one at a Memorial Day festival in Taft, Okla.

Authorities said one person was killed and seven people were injured, including a minor. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations said a suspect turned himself in and was in custody.

Meanwhile, one person died and three others were injured during a shooting at a party in Merced County, Calif., the sheriff’s office said. One victim was still in “critical condition” Sunday afternoon.

The latest apparent mass shooting occurred in the early hours of Monday in Port Richmond, Pa.. Two people died and two others were injured during a shooting at a party, according to preliminary statements from law enforcement. The victims ranged in age from 14 to 21, and police told FOX 29 Philadelphia they found 47 shell casings at the scene. …
- Fred C. Dobbs says:
  
  May 31, 2022 at 10:36 am
  
  CDC: US gun deaths surged 35% in 2020, higher for Black people
  
  Reuters – May 10
  
  The rate of U.S. gun deaths surged 35% in 2020 to the highest point since 1994, with especially deadly levels for young Black men, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report published on Tuesday.
  
  African Americans as a whole were at least four times more likely to be killed by a gun than the overall population, and 12 times more likely than a white person, the data showed. …
  
  The CDC report goes further in placing the rate of homicides caused by firearms to the highest level in 26 years, while also noting disparities based on race, ethnicity and poverty.
  
  The firearm homicide rate, measured per 100,000 people, rose from 4.6 in 2019 to 6.1 in 2020, the report said, with a strong correlation to poverty.
  
  Among African Americans, the rate was 26.6 deaths per 100,000, a 39.5% increase over 2019. For white Americans, the rate was 2.2 per 100,000.
  
  By raw numbers, there were 19,350 gun homicides in 2020, with African Americans accounting for 62% of the total and white people 21%. …
  
  “Longstanding systemic inequities and structural racism have resulted in limited economic, housing, and educational opportunities associated with inequities in risk for violence and other health conditions among various racial and ethnic groups,” the report said.