Memorial Day isn’t what it used to be | Letters to the editor

The trend is getting worse when it comes to South Florida lacking old-fashioned Memorial Day observances — the kind that I grew up with.

We lined the streets, bands played, and us kids ran to the military, police and fire personnel to thank them for their service. It was a united sense of community pride. Now, we usually get a one-hour event, if we’re lucky. Sightings of the younger generation, even with a day off from school, are pathetically low.

Prove me wrong, South Florida....