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Memorial Day is a day to calculate the cost of a journey, which has brought America to where we are now, and to realize the price of this journey is not yet paid in full.
This is a day we look at both our past and our future.
This is a day when we acknowledge our debt to those who -- because they so cherished peace -- chose to live as warriors. ...
This is a day for reflection in honor of all the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who made the ultimate sacrifice throughout our history. ...
On this Memorial Day, we must look to the future as well as the past. ...
Memorial Day is always associated with veterans.
None of them need to be reminded of the reason why Memorial Day must be commemorated. ...
Do non-veterans really recognize the importance of Memorial Day?
It is a day for us to mourn, to show our collective national pride, and to demonstrate our appreciation for almost unbearable sacrifice, symbolized in part, by this Memorial. ... This is the one-day when we revisit history, remembering those who guaranteed our nations peace, power and prosperity. ...
And we know our forces face dangers every day, whether on realistic training missions, patrolling the world’s oceans, standing resolutely against terror or assisting with humanitarian aid across the globe. ...
They, too, are part of this day because a part of today, beyond the thanksgiving and sorrow for yesterdays fallen heroes, must be the challenge of tomorrow. ...
Like Memorial Day, these families remind us of what we can achieve when we act together as one nation, respecting each other with all of our myriad differences. ... Every passing day should make these more apparent to each of us.
Approximate Word count = 1410
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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