I can’t help it, I get a bit emotional and deadly serious on Memorial Day when I think about the lives that have been sacrificed for this country. There’s been well over a million lives given for freedom since 1776, and that number continues to grow year after year.
This year I’ve read that Veterans sites in California, Kentucky and Virginia have been damaged. Graffiti extensively defaced one memorial, a display of crosses run down by a driver who was caught but released, and a national battlefield was looted. There are other reports of flags being ripped up and broken into. And, unless there is change, this behavior will only get worse. What would it take to change? You don’t want to know, because you would not believe it. Until it happens.
Not one of those that have given all wanted to die. I am confident of that. But, they did because they believed what they were doing was worth it. And, those that did not die, but came home to live with what they had experienced, are faced with a few people grateful for their service, but more that either don’t know, don’t care or hate them for it.
We can all be thankful that we still have men and women that are willing to sacrifice their lives if necessary to protect the freedoms we have.
We owe those that served before and those that serve today our gratitude and the respect they deserve.
Memorial Day - A day to remember and give thanks.
PMO
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