A Blessed Memorial Day Unto You ;

In honor of those
who lost their lives
while serving our country,
we would like to share with
you President Ronald Reagan's
1986 Memorial Day remarks at
Arlington National Cemetery :

Today is the day
we put aside to remember
fallen heroes and to pray that
no heroes will ever have to die
for us again.

It's a day of thanks
for the valor of others,
a day to remember the splendor
of America and those of her children
who rest in this cemetery and others.

Arlington, this place
of so many memories,
is a fitting place for some
remembering.

So many wonderful men
and women rest here, men
and women who led colorful,
vivid, and passionate lives.

Here in Arlington rests
a sharecropper's son who
became a hero to a lonely people.

Joe Louis came from
nowhere, but he knew how to fight.

And he galvanized a nation
in the days after Pearl Harbor
when he put on the uniform of
his country and said,

"I know we'll win
because we're on God's side."

Audie Murphy is here,
Audie Murphy of the
wild, wild courage.

For what else would you call it
when a man bounds to the top
of a disabled tank, stops an enemy
advance, saves lives, and rallies his
men, and all of it single-handedly.

When he radioed for artillery support
and was asked how close the enemy
was to his position, he said,

"Wait a minute
and I'll let you speak to them."
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/31/morning-bell-happy-memorial-day/