Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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It is Memorial Day in America.
Every year, on the last Monday in May, Americans observe Memorial Day. Originally called "Decoration Day," Memorial Day is a holiday that commemorates those who have died in battle while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Today We are reminded that they died so that we could live and continue to cherish the things they loved.
The Quote of the Week honors those who gave their lives for our future freedoms and the acknowledge those men and women who serve in our armed forces today.
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"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"
Kohima Epitaph
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Links to Memorial Day History and the the Kohima Epitaph...
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyseneca/memorial.htm
http://www.burmastar.org.uk/epitaph.htm
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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