Saying Thanks On Memorial Day Will Take Over a Month To Complete

I thought it might be interesting to put Memorial Day into some context.  If you were to spend 8 hours each day to say thank you out loud for each of the casualties American has suffered in all the wars from the Civil War (when the first observance of Memorial Day was held by freed African Americans for Union soldiers) through today - it would take you 45 days to complete the task.

Since 1865 we have lost over 1.2 Million Americans in war.

In order to complete the task in 8 hours today, Memorial Day, you would have to say “Thank You” 43 times per second.  Try it.