Memorial Day 2014 - Sharing Grattitude.

[Adam]

Today, the Sunday before Memorial Day 2014, our awesome pastor gave a service and talked about how great America truly is.  However, is it today's politicians who make our country great?  Lawmakers? Policy writers?  Is it our culture, or is it more? 

 

IT WAS MUCH, MUCH MORE that made America such a great country.  It was the sacrifice made by thousands of U.S. service people to secure our freedom, and safety.

 

We get to live the safe neighborhoods, work in the safe places, and worship in safe churches because of the sacrifices made by thousands of Americans who served in the Armed Forces.

 

Thank God those selfless, dedicated people chose to serve, fight, and sacrifice their lives for the rest of us.  Today is the day to think of the families left behind by those who died in battle, or in service while protecting us.  Every time I see photos like these below, it brings on chills, and strong American pride.

 

Thank you Veterans, and thanks to the husbands and wives, the families of those who had to raise kids as single parents.  Thanks to the parents who lived with the eternal sadness of having lost a child. 

 

These awesome humans deserve more than a day of celebration and memory, but at the least, they deserve our gratitude.  We at Adam's bow our heads, and remove our hats in memory to those who served and died for us.

 

Thank You.

[IrishCurse]

Thank you Adam.

[Ricky Bobby]

Well said, and God Bless America!

[Chris@Adams]

Adam said it all....Amen! 

[Marylander]

Well said!

[Rich]

Amen as well. 

 

Watching a show on PBS tonight about the beginnings of Memorial Day and the Civil War. During the war in Charleston, SC, the center of the horse racetrack there was used as a Union prison, the men were left outside year-round and when they died, they were left there. When Charleston was overtaken by Union forces, the white people of the town fled, leaving only the black population there. The war ended, and the blacks that lived there, both civilian and black soldiers, went to the racetrack and discovered over 1100 bodies of Union soldiers in mass graves in the infield of the track. They made coffins, and removed every Union soldier from the racetrack, cleared a field behind the track, and buried each soldier with a grave marker.  When it was done, over 300 black children formed a parade and carried flowers to place on the graves, and the rest of the population celebrated and had a picnic lunch on the site of the prison as a thank you to the Union soldiers who died to give them their freedom. This supposedly was the FIRST Memorial Day.  Interesting show. 

[eric@thompsonracing.us]

Thank you to all who served!

[07stanggt]

We would not be able to do the things we love to do, like detailing, if it were not for the people who keep this country safe. Thanks so much for your dedication and serving this country !!!!!!!!!