5-29-06 Memorial Day
This is the one official day in America set aside specifically to honor those who have given their lives in war.
A history of Memorial Day can be found here...
http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html
Whether you are a hawk or a dove, there is no question that those who went to war and gave their lives deserve a place of honor in this society. Motives, agendas, political leanings, and any other "reasons why" any person may have entered service in the military and ended up dying in that service are transcended by the "ultimate sacrifice". There is no question as to the higher moral ground upon which these war dead have been elevated.
We can mourn their loss no matter what our beliefs are.
On this day we pay homage to the men and women who have been cut down in the prime of their lives as casualties of war. For them, all debts are forgiven, no transgressions in life could possibly tarnish the sacrifice they made, and no living person has any recourse but to honor them.
A history of Memorial Day can be found here...
http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html
Whether you are a hawk or a dove, there is no question that those who went to war and gave their lives deserve a place of honor in this society. Motives, agendas, political leanings, and any other "reasons why" any person may have entered service in the military and ended up dying in that service are transcended by the "ultimate sacrifice". There is no question as to the higher moral ground upon which these war dead have been elevated.
We can mourn their loss no matter what our beliefs are.
On this day we pay homage to the men and women who have been cut down in the prime of their lives as casualties of war. For them, all debts are forgiven, no transgressions in life could possibly tarnish the sacrifice they made, and no living person has any recourse but to honor them.
posted by Jeff Barnard at 8:53 AM
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