Remembering Why We Are Free This Memorial Day

Silent echoes whisper with each whip of the wind beckoning another wave of the American flag. In almost whimsical fashion, she sashays proudly above the world, standing for truth, standing for freedom, standing for peace. Each star and each stripe a symbol of victory, a symbol of war, a symbol of lives lost fighting for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is never free. It always costs someone something. Often it costs someone everything. On Memorial Day we celebrate, we honor, we remember those who gave everything so that we could live in a country, free from tyranny, …

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We Are Thankful Beyond Words for Your Sacrifice

Today you have the opportunity to teach your children that Memorial Day isn’t about cookouts, the beach and fishing. Today, you can teach them what it means to reflect on the sacrifice others have made so they can be free. “Thank you” seems so small – so trivial in light of the sacrifice! But there really are no words. Only a sincere, profound, unexplainable heart of gratitude that pauses and reflects on the cost, on the sacrifice, on the benefits that are ours because others have given their lives. This is a day to remember. So today, we honor those …

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A Mother’s Heart…All the Empty Chairs

This is my post to recognize and honor those who have given their lives, standing in harm’s way, that we all might live in freedom… Memorial Day… …originally known as Decoration Day as it was a day to honor the Civil War dead by decorating their graves. First observed on May 30, 1868 by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. Part of his proclamation says… “What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead, who made their …

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