Memorial Day Observed

In honor of those who have lost their lives fighting for the U.S. and our values...



Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
~Benjamin Disraeli~



They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation. ~Henry Ward Beecher~




The purpose of all war is ultimately peace. ~Saint Augustine~




I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. ~Bob Dylan~




The cost of liberty is less than the cost of repression. ~Web Dubois~



Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours. ~Wallace Bruce~



A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ~Joseph Campbell~

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. ~Thomas Campbell~










But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye. ~Thomas Dunn English~


The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men. ~Minot J. Savage~





And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me. ~Lee Greenwood~

For love of country they accepted death... -James A. Garfield






The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem. ~Aaron Kilbourn~









The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men. ~Minot J. Savage~














On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! ~Thomas William Parsons~



We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. ~Francis A. Walker~