Posted on 05/28/2006 11:39:16 AM PDT by WatchYourself
My fellow Americans:
Memorial Day is a day of ceremonies and speeches. Throughout America today, we honor the dead of our wars. We recall their valor and their sacrifices. We remember they gave their lives so that others might live.
We’re also gathered here for a special event–the national funeral for an unknown soldier who will today join the heroes of three other wars.
When he spoke at a ceremony at Gettysburg in 1863, President Lincoln reminded us that through their deeds, the dead had spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could, and that we living could only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they so willingly gave a last full measure of devotion.
Well, this is especially so today, for in our minds and hearts is the memory of Vietnam and all that that conflict meant for those who sacrificed on the field of battle and for their loved ones who suffered here at home.
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I must say one more time:
GOD I MISS Ronald Reagan!!!
We dearly miss you Ronnie... you were like a father to me.
He said it right, but no eloquency would ever have made his speeches into such gems but for the fact that what he said was right.
Will we ever have such leaders again as President Ronald Reagan and Lady Thatcher? God bless'em both.
"Far back in the mists of ancient time,
in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire,
Life was wild, rich and on the whole tax-free.
In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high,
men were REAL men,
women were REAL women,
and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
And ALL dared to brave unknown terrors to do mighty deeds,
to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before,
and THUS was the Empire forged." --The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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