Today schools are out, swimming pools are open, grills are fired up, banks and schools and government offices are closed. For many, Memorial Day means the beginning of summer. Only it doesn't. Memorial Day was not designed to mark the beginning of anything, but rather it was designed to mark and to remember the endings of thousands of lives and to pay respect for their sacrifices.
Memorial Day is the day set aside to remember those who gave all in the service of our nation. We are here today, speaking English and enjoying freedom, barbecue and ice cream because many Americans, so many of them young, gave their lives that we might do so. They deserve to be honored and remembered.
Thank you, gallant young Americans. Rest in the peace you died to give us.
Memorial Day is the day set aside to remember those who gave all in the service of our nation. We are here today, speaking English and enjoying freedom, barbecue and ice cream because many Americans, so many of them young, gave their lives that we might do so. They deserve to be honored and remembered.
Thank you, gallant young Americans. Rest in the peace you died to give us.
