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Memorial Day Tribute
Let's use this Memorial Day to remember the sacrifices of those who laid it all on the line for our freedom. The following is the text of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to a mother who had lost five sons during the Civil War. This would be perfect to print off, read and discuss with your children.
Dear Madam:
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have had so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully,
Lincoln
Thanks, for starting the ball rolling.