REMEMBERANCE AND TRIBUTE
- From: "Lizzy" <dizcovR@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 29 May 2006 06:33:45 -0700
The challenges to our Nation's peace and freedom are as old as
American history and as new as today's headlines. They have taken many
forms through the years, from the bitter discord of civil war at home
to the aggression of tyrants abroad.
But the price of peace and freedom has always remained the same:
the service and sacrifice of our young men and women in uniform.
Looking back across the decades, we marvel at the valor and
determination of these gallant Americans who, in each generation, have
stepped forward to preserve our freedom, defend our democracy, uphold
our ideals, and protect our interests. The battles in which they
fought and died -- are a testament to uncommon courage and indomitable
spirit.
Those who survived were forever changed. Those who died
stay forever young in their loved ones' memories.
Their final thoughts most likely were of home and family;
their final actions purchased the freedom we enjoy today.
Now, on Memorial Day, our thoughts turn to them. We remember with
profound gratitude those who took to the seas and skies in moments of
peril for our Nation. We remember those who marched through mud or
rice paddies, snow or sand, because they knew, as President Eisenhower
reminded us, that "a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a
prisoner's chains" and that true peace is won only by those willing to
die for it.
We remember those in the Normandy American Cemetery
overlooking Omaha Beach who, 61 years ago, relit the torch of freedom
in a war-weary Europe. We remember those whose final resting place is
unknown, but whose sacrifice is known to us all.
The passing of time and the blessings of peace and prosperity can
never make us forget what these brave Americans endured and
what they lost so that right would triumph, freedom would survive,
and our Nation would prevail.
In honor of all the courageous men and women who gave their lives in
defense of our Nation and our fundamental ideals, I will say a prayer
for
lasting peace on this Memorial Day and I hope you will join me.
While we can never fully repay our debt to America's fallen warriors,
we can
remember their service and honor their sacrifice.
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