MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS. ENJOY YOUR MEMORIAL WEEKEND BUT PLEASE LET US REMEMBER
WHAT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS AS YOU HAVE FUN AND ENJOY BBQ'S OR OUTTINGS TAKE THE TIME OF TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE
ON THAT DAY LOVE CHINA
I watched the flag pass by one day.It fluttered in the breeze.A young Marine saluted it,And then he stood at ease.I looked at him in uniformSo young, so tall, so proud,He’d stand out in any crowd.I thought how many men like himHad fallen through the years.How many died on foreign soil?How many mothers’ tears?How many pilots’ planes shot down?How many died at sea?How many foxholes were soldiers’ graves?No, freedom isn’t free.
I heard the sound of TAPS one night, When everything was stillI listened to the bugler playAnd felt a sudden chill.I wondered just how many timesThat TAPS had meant “Amen,”When a flag had draped a coffinOf a brother or a friend.I thought of all the children, Of the mothers and the wives,Of fathers, sons and husbandsWith interrupted lives.I thought about a graveyardAt the bottom of the seaOf unmarked graves in Arlington.No, freedom isn’t free.