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For every man, woman and child who wakes up on Memorial Day the
responsibility of remembering those who gave their last full measure of
devotion falls to us.
It is a day to remember not only our fallen warriors but those they left
behind.
On a day not too far off, the last connections we have to wars past will
be severed. The memories of those who
died in World Wars I and II and Korea will belong to history.
On a cold winter day in November of 1863, President Abraham
Lincoln said in his Gettysburg Address:
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to
the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of
devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in
vain.”
As a free people we should remember that Memorial Day
is not about the end of school, the beginning of summer, barbecues or auto
racing; it’s about our fallen heroes, their widows, widowers, fathers, mothers,
brothers, sisters and children.
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