What is Memorial Day?

Well, today I finally figured that question out. Today I went with my Grandma and her friend to put flowers and graves. I found out what Memorial day is all about. It's the day you respect those who died in wars to protect our country. Like, World war 1, World War World 2, Vietnam, and others. When we visited the graves, we visited Ruth's husband ( a friend of a grandma also ), my grandma's friends husband, and Pat's ( another friend of my grandmother ) sister's husband ( noticing a trend here? ). I think only one of them actually fought in a war. I think he was a marine.