On Memorial Day...
I copied the following from the Readers' View of my local newspaper written by a 73 year old veteran. Please take a moment to honor those who died in the service of our country. Honor the U.S. men and women who never made it back. "Where are these farm boys, city boys, husbands, fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles and grandfathers who never made it back home? France - Cemetery at Aisne-Marne ..... 2,289 France - Cemetery at Brittany ..... 4,410 France - Cemetery at Epinal ..... 5,525 France - Cemetery at Lorraine ..... 10,489 France - Cemetery at Normandy ..... 9,387 France - Cemetery at Oise-Aisne ..... 6,012 France - Cemetery at Rhone ..... 861 France - Cemetery at Somme ..... 1,844 France - Cemetery at St. Mihiel ..... 4,153 France - Cemetery at Suresnes ..... 1,541 France - Cemetery at Meuse-Argonne ..... 14,246 Belgium - Cemetery at Ardennes ..... 5,329 England - Cemetery at Brookwood ..... 468 England - Cemetery at Cambridge ..... 3,812 Belgium - Cemetery at Flanders Field ..... 368 Belgium - Cemetery at Heni-Chapelle ..... 7,992 Italy - Cemetery in Sicily ..... 7,861 Italy - Cemetery in Florence ..... 4,402 Luxembourg - Cemetery in Luxembourg City ..... 5,076 Netherlands - Cemetery at Margraten ..... 8,301 Washington DC - Arlington National Cemetery ..... 400,000+ The above does not include our defenders of freedom buried in the Pacific, Korea and National Cemetery's across the nation. So enjoy your cup of coffee, your beer, your barbecue, your freedom, and at least put out a flag on Memorial Day." |
Memorial Day is not a day to thank our living Veterans, it is a day to remember those we cannot thank in person.
Bob |
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