Happy Memorial Day

[sledge]

Today we celebrate & honor those that have fallen while serving our country. Each soldier took an oath to support & defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And more importantly to bear true faith & allegiance to the same. Meaning they gave their life for a country they loved and believed in to protect freedoms & liberties that we sometimes take for granted.

We may not know them personally, just as they likely did not know you personally. Yet, their love for our country and brothers (& sisters)-in-arm gave them the courage to lay down their lives for our betterment. Let us never forgot their heroic sacrifices, and to always show them the respect & honor they deserve. And perhaps the simplest form of gratitude, by simply saying, "thank you".

Happy Memorial Day!

 

[missy]

In memory of our fallen soldiers.
For all those who gave their lives to protect our country.
Their greatest sacrifice.

Thank you.

R e w i n d…by Susan Jarvis Bryant​

If time could suck the bullet from torn flesh,
And pry its steely bite from splintered bone,
Stitch tattered life and limb to start afresh,
Unbloody muddy trench, uncast the stone;
If time could snatch back all each battle stole
With hands to heal the homeless, noiseless dead,
Breathe music into songless lung and soul,
Unfire the smoking gun, annul the lead;
If time could doom the poppy’s ruby bloom,
Fill Flanders Fields with waves of wheaten-gold,
Lift mourning clouds that weep in sunless gloom
With smiles of soldiers risen to grow old;

If time erased that piece of history
Then would we know the worth of being free?

Wishing you a peaceful and safe Memorial Day.

 

[Austina]

Remembering all those who selflessly gave their lives to ensure our future.

 

[Slickk]

 

[Queenie60]

Today we celebrate & honor those that have fallen while serving our country. Each soldier took an oath to support & defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And more importantly to bear true faith & allegiance to the same. Meaning they gave their life for a country they loved and believed in to protect freedoms & liberties that we sometimes take for granted.

We may not know them personally, just as they likely did not know you personally. Yet, their love for our country and brothers (& sisters)-in-arm gave them the courage to lay down their lives for our betterment. Let us never forgot their heroic sacrifices, and to always show them the respect & honor they deserve. And perhaps the simplest form of gratitude, by simply saying, "thank you".

Happy Memorial Day!

Very well said and I thank you. And we must strive and stand up for our freedoms.

 

[John Pollard]

To all who served and now serve - thank you.



Prior to my career in gems I was a music educator. If you're a fan of amazing young people and pageantry, you may enjoy this presentation we staged in 2010. It begins as a tribute to our soldiers and concludes honoring the spirits of the fallen.

To our departed: We will remember.

 

[Mamaofmany]

My husband came home but many of his buddies did not. A piece of him stayed with each one of them. This is a somber day for us and many others. So many see this as a long weekend and not what it's for. Beautiful tribute, thank you.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Thinking of the brave young American men who never came home from the Pacific war in WW2
They came to NZ for R&R and for training and their presence reassured my grandma as our young fighting men (and my grandad) were all away overseas

Their ultimate sacrifice gave us a better, freer world

Thank you