"Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored." ~Daniel Webster
All we have for freedom, All we use or know, This our Fathers bought for us, Long, long ago. ~Rudyard Kipling |
History and Memory
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly know as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union and Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War, it was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars.
Without our military forces, there would be NO United States of America!
Like the bald eagle
Forever Watchful were we
Guiding and protecting
The land of the free
'Twas our place
To be brave and strong
Ready and willing
All the day long
Our eyes were keen
Often focused on pain
The fields were bloody
Amid storms and rain
Bodies of comrades
Strewn there and about
Never for a moment
Left room for any doubt
On home or foreign shores
Know ardently that we
Who gave up our lives
'Twas for country and thee
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