Memorial Day

[GrouchoMarxJr]

Today we remember and honor all those who gave their lives for our country...

...the ultimate sacrifice by so many...With a heavy heart, I salute them all.

[ChattyKathy]

May I join in thankfulness for doing the things you did with a heart that it would protect our nation.

[Kit Sober]

Bastogne, Belgium was the area of the bloodiest battle of the Second World War.

Officially it was called the Battle of the Ardennes --- it became known as the

Battle of the Bulge.

Like so many wars before and after --- this one battle ultimately became a final

desperation of a wounded army to win or lose. Now more than sixty years later

there is a memorial to remember and honor the thousands of fallen heroes.

An inscription, in honor of the US 101st Airborne Division, reads: "Seldom has

so much American blood been shed in the course of a single action. Oh, Lord,

help us to remember!"

Likewise Prime Minister Winston Churchill who was known as a man of eloquent

words honored the Royal Air Force that had defended Britain during the dark days

of during World War II. His words still echo today, "Never in the history of

mankind have so many owed so much to so few."

Memorial Day in the United States is a time for us to give thanks for all those

who have died in the line of duty to preserve our way of life. Let us do so

reverently.

Prayer: Father thank you for all the military personnel who over the course of

the more than 230 years have given their lives for the freedom we know as

America. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!

[RainbowsGirl]

We will always Remember You All!....for Your deeds, your valor. and your courage! We will always Love you All!....for giving your all; every measure you have within you!We will always Honor you All!....for your strength, commitment and loyalty to our country!We will always be Thankful for you All!...for you resolve and countless sacrifices!We will always Pray for you All!....for we know that God hears us; is ever with you, bearing His arm and protecting You All! Everyday is Memorial Day when Your Not Home!All Gave Some...Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus

Edited May 28, 2007 by RainbowsGirl

[doojable]

Here is the Gettysburg address - I can think of no other more fitting thing to say. Even though the dates are changed and the circumstances are different, there is a timeless power to these 272 words.

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

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[Kit Sober]

From a friend

[RainbowsGirl]

Memorial Day tribute 2007

[ex10]

Ohmigosh, Kit. My great uncle fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He survived, but was taken as a prisoner of war, and spent the remainder of the war in a German prison camp. When he came home to his family, he weighed less than 90 pounds.

I'm happy to report, that he is alive and well, enjoying the end of his days here on this planet. He has never spoken of his wartime experience to anyone, as far as we know. God bless him, and all like him. He has lived a full life, and is very thankful for all of it.

Sniff.....

[dmiller]

Today we remember and honor all those who gave their lives for our country...

...the ultimate sacrifice by so many...With a heavy heart, I salute them all.