Remembering the Fallen

 We are the home of the free...

Because of the brave.

We say that so naturally! And so we should because this country was built, formed, molded, framed and founded on the willingness of some to sacrifice for others. And for many it became the ultimate sacrifice.

So today we remember the fallen.

We remember those lost in the Revolution when an  aggressive, freedom-loving colony threw off the constrictions of a wretched king in order to form a more perfect union. We remember those lost in 1812, in the French and Indian War, at the Alamo... We remember the hundreds of thousands lost in the Civil War which was just about double what was lost in both World Wars combined.

We remember Korea... Viet Nam... Iraq... Afghanistan... Desert Storm and the Gulf War.

We remember not because we're told to but because we must.

We must stand tall. Honor. Respect. Forge on. And we do this under the Lord, our God who made Heaven and Earth and who gave us free will... and a lust for power that goes unleashed at times.

Lord, we thank you for this great land. For the amazing bounty of it, the beauty, the amber waves of grain and cherry blossom pink. 

We thank you for all of it.

Guide us. Teach us. Help us to be the best Americans we can be.

And may God bless America... again.

Land of the free and home of the brave because of the courage so many have shown.

All gave some.

And some gave all.

We thank you not just this day of remembrance, but every day.

And in God we trust.