{"id":3608,"date":"2011-05-30T23:56:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T09:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2011-08-25T11:24:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T21:24:28","slug":"memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year we spent Memorial Day up on the North Shore and recreated our own miniature lanterns. The family had a small ceremony and then sent the lanterns out to sea in honor of our loved ones&#8230; However it was quite comical with the strong winds and waves capsizing our lanterns. Most of them lasted about 2 seconds. It was a really great evening with the family. I look forward to Memorial Day every year.<br \/>\nTo make the lanterns all you need are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tongue depressors for the base<\/li>\n<li>colored paper bags cut in half<\/li>\n<li>a tea light candle to go inside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a very simple project, but out on the dark ocean water, the lanterns glow beautifully.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3612\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/wp-blog102\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3612\" title=\"floating lanterns\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog102-850x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog102-850x399.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog102-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog102-500x235.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3610\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/memorial-day-3388\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3610\" title=\"memorial day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3388-466x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3388-466x700.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3388-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3388.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3611\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/memorial-day-3391\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3611\" title=\"memorial day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3391.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3391-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3391-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3613\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/wp-blog103\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3613\" title=\"memorial day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog103-850x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog103-850x399.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog103-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/WP-blog103-500x235.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3609\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/memorial-day-3384\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3609\" title=\"memorial day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3384.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3384-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-3384-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEach year at Ala Moana Beach there is a big lantern lighting ceremony and hundreds of people come to participate in sending off their floating lanterns. Last year our family went down and I photographed the event. It is really worth experiencing!<\/p>\n<p>Below is one of the pictures I took from last year. You can see more <a title=\"Hawaii Event Photography: Floating Lanterns\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/floating-lanterns-landscape-photography\/\">HERE<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/memorial-day-070\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3620\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-070.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Floating Lanterns\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-070.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-070-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/memorial-day-070-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/memorial-day\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 968711;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/', '']);\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>\n\t<div class=\"but_container\" style=\"text-decoration:none; border:none; text-align:left; clear: both;  \">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F05%2Fmemorial-day%2F&description=Memorial+Day&media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F05%2FWP-blog102-850x399.jpg\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F05%2Fmemorial-day%2F&amp;description=Memorial+Day&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennispeedphotography.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F05%2FWP-blog102-850x399.jpg', '']);\" target=\"_blank\"  class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"horizontal\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tofurious-pinterest\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a>\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year we spent Memorial Day up on the North Shore and recreated our own miniature lanterns. 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