As we celebrate Memorial Day, let’s not forget what this holiday is all about and why we continue to live in a free country.
Without the sacrifices of millions of men and women over history who have given their lives for our country, we would not enjoy the freedoms we have today.
If you’re watching a baseball game or any other sporting event, just remember that we wouldn’t even have these pleasures without those who have selflessly laid down their lives for our country.
It doesn't matter if your favorite team is the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres or Los Angeles Dodgers for that matter ... please, always remember this:
Memorial Day used to be a solemn day of mourning, a sacred day of remembrance to honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Businesses closed for the day. Towns held parades honoring the fallen, the parade routes oftentimes ending at a local cemetery, where Memorial Day speeches were given and prayers offered up. People took the time that day to clean and decorate with flowers and flags the graves of those the fell in service to their country.
"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." -- General Logan - May 5, 1868
We need to remember with sincere respect those who paid the price for our freedoms; we need to keep in sacred remembrance those who died serving their country. We need to never let them be forgotten.
May God continue to bless America.
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We need to truly remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we can live in the land of the free given to us by those who truly characterized the home of the brave. Today, as we are having a good time and enjoying a day off from work we need to remember those brave souls who died to give us this privilege to live like we do.
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