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| Memorial Day Commemoration 2008 (Photo credit: davidyuweb) |
"(A)s this day comes round we are in the presence of the dead... and on this day when we decorate their graves— the dead come back and live with us."
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Memorial Day was first observed as Decoration Day to commemorate those who died in the War Between the States. It is a day set aside in deference to American Patriots who pledged and delivered their lives to support and defend the Rule of Law enshrined in our Constitution. Since our nation's founding, more than one million American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have paid the ultimate price in defense of our nation, and it is their final sacrifice that we honor with solemn reverence.
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