Every year on Memorial Day, I give a few moments of my time to say the names of some of my brothers and sisters who have passed from this earth – either on the battlefield or elsewhere – and remember their sacrifices. I remember my former company commander who perished in a tragic accident. I remember the Command Sgt. Major who died on my last deployment. I remember the friend with whom I was stationed for several years, who took his own life a few years ago.
Memorial Day is the day where we, as a nation, stop and pause to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice: their lives for our freedoms.
Memorial Day should be a day that contains some reflection and sense of loss. Even though we are constantly inundated with “Memorial Day Sales” and “your best…
You may see them in front of your supermarket or at a small town parade, elderly men and women handing out red paper poppies. I strongly suspect…
Some years ago, I stepped off an ugly yellow school bus onto a covered patio at Ft. Jackson, carrying two large duffel bags and wearing my first…
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Some days, it just feels like the United States of America is over. We can’t agree on anything. We hate each other. We, on the right and…
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Today is the day when every American should stop and pay their respects to our honored dead, whether in thought or in deed. At Arlington National Cemetery,…
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We at Victory Girls know that Memorial Day is not really about the start of the summer season, vacations, and barbecues. We use this weekend to remember those…
These clothing retailers never seem to learn. Just recently, Under Armour got castigated for using imagery similar to the Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima on…
Despite what store sales, advertisements, and the Democrats have said, this day is not about getting the lowest prices or barbecues. It’s about remembering those who died…
We hear it every year: Memorial Day is for remembering the fallen. This is a concept that we know and hold sacred. Certainly we remember that they…
I’m not worthy to write about Memorial Day. I haven’t the slightest clue what going into battle means. I don’t know the first thing about that kind of…
In 2004, Travis Manion and his roommate and best friend, Brendan Looney, had just graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. The wars in Iraq…
The price paid for freedom in blood and treasure is high and painful. But the return is priceless: freedom to live and thrive and pursue happiness as…
My husband and I just got home from visiting our hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. Often, on federal holidays, Camp Lejeune gives Marines and sailors a 96 —…
MEMORIAL DAY 2011 solemn. poignant. somehow fitting. the irish brigade memorial at gettysburg an excerpt from the Gettysburg Address: “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled…
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