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MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE...

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Why do we remember our service men and women who have died? What is Memorial Day and why do we observe it? Memorial Day is a special day on which we pay Tribute to those who served in active military service and made the ultimate sacrifice while serving or later and are remembered. Memorial Day was traditionally observed on May 30th, but now it is officially observed on the last Monday in May. Yet, we continue to pay Tribute to all deceased U.S. Service Men and women throughout the year...

This short video provides some deep seated meaning as described and narrated by former President Ronald Reagan... Watch and listen as he articulates his feelings and beliefs on why we celebrate this serious day... I complete this video with the playing of TAPS for all those Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen who have passed...

Kerry Harkins
USAF Disabled Veteran
Vietnam Era
byHark1

Memorial Day Quotes

“This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn’t come home. This is not Veterans Day, it’s not a celebration, it is a day of solemn contemplation over the cost of freedom.” - Tamra Bolton

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

“…And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice." - Ronald Reagan

"Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” - Gen. Douglas MacArthur

"It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." General Norman Schwarzkopf

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