We have been out of the country for most of the memorial days in the past several years, but this year we were home. We gathered willing grandchildren and made the rounds to a few cemeteries to put flowers on family graves. While there, we told our grandchildren stories about their ancestors.
The saying goes that after 3 generations people will be forgotten if we do not help to keep their memory alive. We have tried to teach our children and grandchildren about their ancestors. When we have family reunions we play "Grandma School" and teach them 3 things about those who have gone before. Believe it or not, children do remember the stories they have been taught.
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"Let us not forget that the activity in which we are engaged is to turn our hearts to the fathers. We should reach out to them and love them. We should identify with and emulate their great qualities and make them known to our children." Dallin H. Oaks, The Secular Purpose of Genealogical Work, Ensign, October 1972.
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