The Democrat National Committee posted the following on Memorial Day:
Naturally Republicans went on the attack.
Then Illinois U.S. Senator joined the fray:
After the withering attacks the DNC took down its post.
Victor Davis Hansen explains the real reason for Memorial Day on the Daily Signal:
“This Monday was Memorial Day. It commemorated all the Americans who died on behalf of the United States from its beginning to the present. It started out as Decoration Day. It was a phenomenon that grew out of the horrific Civil War in which 650,0000-700,000 Americans, North and South, died.
“And people in that postwar era felt that their graves should be commemorated. And once people started to decorate the graves or put flowers on them or flags, that custom spread to the North, and each state then started to commemorate it. And it was finally federalized as an official holiday not until 1971.”
