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Mon. May 30, 2005

Decoration and Remembrance

A year ago on Memorial Day, I wrote:

Today is a day to remember just how many good Americans have fallen fighting for their country. Not just the hundreds we count today, but hundreds of thousands. Your freedom today came on the backs of over a million American soldiers who gave their lives so we could keep it a few generations longer. It’s a heavy weight, one we take greatly for granted.

But on at least this one day, we should remember.

The above was part of a 1,000 word article “A Day of Decoration and Remembrance” (as well as a 21 image gallery from a trip to Marietta National Cemetery), and it started with a quote from the man largely responsible for “Decoration Day,” John Logan: “Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”

Enjoy your holiday. But remember its source.