It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.

While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died not just those fallen in service to our country.

I can't stop being in parades. I just love dancing on floats that move really slowly on the city streets in the early morning.

I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.