Memorial Day: Remembering and Honoring American Military Heroes Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

Mon, 05/24/2021 - 18:04

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If there ever was a day in the American calendar that invites reflection, it’s Memorial Day. Over the course of our country’s history, hundreds of thousands of Americans—most of them young and with decades of life still ahead of them—made the ultimate sacrifice. Some were killed by enemy fire; others by what is called, with the grimmest irony, “friendly fire.” Some lost their lives in training…

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