Today is Monday, Memorial Day, 2007. A day set aside to feel gratitude, show honor, respect, and extend our thoughts and feelings to reach the Heavens, with a message of love, a message of remembrance, of why we are a nation of 'Americans'. Whether you are a conservative or a liberal, a Republican or Democrat, a Christian, Jew, Hindu or Atheist, in this, we are ONE. Because of the Revolutionaries, who fought and died for the birth of a new nation, the soldiers who died to protect our freedoms and rights, for all men and women, and the souls who fought against tyranny, we call ourselves, 'Americans'. Whether it was in The Pacific or Atlantic, over foreign lands or on the home front, they stood up for us.
Last night my family gathered together to make a toast, to PEACE.
My family tree goes all the way back to John Adams and beyond. My ancestors were pioneers. Many generations have struggled, fought and died bravely for an idea called Democracy. My father and uncles fought in WWII, my brother-in-law, neighbor, friends and husband, fought in Vietnam. These were the fortunate ones who were able to return to their lives and families. Today we remember the ones who were lost, in body, but never in Spirit. United, as a Nation of Americans, we say, "Thank you. We remember."
Last night my family gathered together to make a toast, to PEACE.
My family tree goes all the way back to John Adams and beyond. My ancestors were pioneers. Many generations have struggled, fought and died bravely for an idea called Democracy. My father and uncles fought in WWII, my brother-in-law, neighbor, friends and husband, fought in Vietnam. These were the fortunate ones who were able to return to their lives and families. Today we remember the ones who were lost, in body, but never in Spirit. United, as a Nation of Americans, we say, "Thank you. We remember."
