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President Donald J. Trump Proclaims Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, as a Day of Prayer
whitehouse.gov ^ | 5/25/2018 | President Donald Trump

Posted on 05/25/2018 3:01:54 PM PDT by ransomnote

Full Title: President Donald J. Trump Proclaims Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, as a Day of Prayer for Permanent Peace

On Memorial Day, we pause in solemn gratitude to pay tribute to the brave patriots who laid down their lives defending peace and freedom while in military service to our great Nation. We set aside this day to honor their sacrifice and to remind all Americans of the tremendous price of our precious liberty.

Throughout the history of our Republic, courageous Americans have purchased our cherished freedom with their lives. Our 151 national cemeteries serve as the final resting place for millions of people, including veterans from every war and conflict, many of whom died while serving our country. We remain duty bound to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf and to remember them with thankfulness and unwavering pride. The fallen — our treasured loved ones, friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens — deserve nothing less from a grateful Nation.

We must safeguard the legacies of our service members so that our children and our grandchildren will understand the sacrifices of our Armed Forces. As a part of this effort, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is working to keep the memories of our fallen heroes from ever fading away. The National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program challenges our youth, from elementary school through college, to research and share the stories and sacrifice of their hometown veterans, who are forever honored at VA National, State, and tribal veterans cemeteries. To further ensure that our veterans’ legacies are remembered and celebrated, this program is developing an online memorialization platform that will amplify the voices of families, survivors, and Gold Star parents and spouses as they honor our beloved veterans and fallen service members.

Today, and every day, we revere those who have died in noble service to our country. I call upon all Americans to remember the selfless service members who have been laid to rest in flag-draped coffins and their families who have suffered the greatest loss. The sacrifices of our hallowed dead demand our Nation’s highest honor and deepest gratitude. On this day, let us also unite in prayer for lasting peace in our troubled world so that future generations will enjoy the blessings of liberty and independence.

In honor and recognition of all of our fallen heroes, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, as amended (36 U.S.C. 116), has requested the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe each Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace and designating a period on that day when the people of the United States might unite in prayer. The Congress, by Public Law 106-579, has also designated 3:00 p.m. local time on that day as a time for all Americans to observe, in their own way, the National Moment of Remembrance.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time when people might unite in prayer.

I further ask all Americans to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day.

I also request the Governors of the United States and its Territories, and the appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct the flag be flown at half-staff until noon on this Memorial Day on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and in all areas under its jurisdiction and control. I also request the people of the United States to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-second.

DONALD J. TRUMP


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: memorialday; peace; prayer; trumpdod

1 posted on 05/25/2018 3:01:54 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

I join the president and all Americans in this sentiment.

Memorial Day is far more than the unofficial kickoff of the summer season.


2 posted on 05/25/2018 3:06:51 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ransomnote

Hear! Hear!


3 posted on 05/25/2018 3:30:30 PM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: All

Obama has tweeted that he will be too busy with his memoirs to answer prayers but may get around to it later.


4 posted on 05/25/2018 3:30:44 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Look for England to do well at the World Cup until it starts)
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To: ransomnote

Thank the Almighty, we have a man in the White House again.

Not unlike this man who gave this speech in 85.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJkj0YfakE


5 posted on 05/25/2018 3:53:34 PM PDT by crz
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To: ransomnote

His heart is in the right place. Thank you, Mr. President.


6 posted on 05/25/2018 4:10:07 PM PDT by Cloverfarm (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ...)
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Anyone know where the POTUS and his family are spending the Memorial Day Holiday week end?

just wondering.


7 posted on 05/25/2018 6:52:50 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: ransomnote
Memorial_Day
8 posted on 05/26/2018 7:38:03 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: ransomnote

President Donald Trump marks Memorial Day at Arlington.
Can you mark a donation to FReeRepublic today?


9 posted on 05/26/2018 5:14:16 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: ransomnote
Memorial Day is not my favorite day of the year.


10 posted on 05/27/2018 3:00:04 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: SkyDancer

Arlington, Section 60. Many of my friends sons are buried there. I feel that I know them. We parents talked each other through some rough times. Takes a couple, three years.


11 posted on 05/27/2018 3:05:38 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: USMCPOP

Thank them for their service from me. My dad and uncle served in The Nam and my two brothers served in Iraq.


12 posted on 05/27/2018 3:14:08 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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