MEMORIAL DAY “It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers,...
Memorial Day
Remembering Memorial Day
REMEMBERING MEMORIAL DAY A Memorial Day Message: Staying Faithful to the End by Colonel Don Martin, Jr., AUS (Ret) Deputy Executive Director, Officers’ Christian Fellowship In January of 1968, while serving as the executive officer of the 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, I had the task of inquiring...
Memorial Day, 2001
MEMORIAL DAY, 2001 “Since 1868, Americans have celebrated Memorial Day to honor those who fought and died to preserve our freedom. We set aside one day each year to pause and reflect on the debt of gratitude we owe to the brave patriots who stood in the breach when...