On Memorial Day, we remember those who gave their “last full measure of devotion” so that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
From Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
We also remember these words expressed 140 years later:
“We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years, and we’ve done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives. And we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise, we have returned home…to live our own lives in peace.”
General Colin Powell, January 26, 2003
Below is a video that should make all Americans remember that so many have sacrificed so much in the fight against tyranny around the world:
We honor the fallen by living our daily lives with an appreciation of the liberty God gave us and for the courage of so many brave Americans.