Thank you to all the brave men and woman, past, present and future who gave and give their lives, family and service for this country.
The job they do, is a difficult job, sometimes with recognition, sometimes they are silent voices; They give with smiles and they give with tears; God bless our brave men and women and may they know we will not forget, they will not be forgotten and they have never been forgotten.
We are organized, comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose among other things, “of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion.” What can aid more to assure this result than cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead, who made their breasts a barricade between our country and its foes? Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains, and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.
If other eyes grow dull, other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us.
Let us, then, at the time appointed gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of spring-time; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from hishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon a nation’s gratitude, the soldier’s and sailor’s widow and orphan. -JOHN A. LOGAN,Commander-in-Chief
I learned some interesting facts about Memorial Day that I may have known and it just slipped my mind, or just never really knew.
Did you know that…..
Here is a touching site on a great way to observe this special day:
To learn more about the history and what Memorial Day is really about, I suggest this site:http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html
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