Today is Memorial Day in which our nation set aside to honor the memory of the men and women who died fighting in the United States armed forces. Memorial Day is typically observed by placing flags and flowers on graves and tossing flowers in the water to honor those who died at sea. 
Here in Hawaii, the general public donate leis for Memorial Day.
Every year on Memorial Day fifty thousand fresh flower leis are placed on the graves of veterans at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu and at other veterans' cemeteries on Oahu and the outer islands. The donated leis are made of ti leaves or fresh flowers that measure 20 to 24 inches.
Sr. Margaret Timothy and Sr Madonna Janet dads are buried here at Punchbowl.
"The solemn pride that must be yours...to have laid..so cost by a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom."
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
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