Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
~Henry Ward Beecher
I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.
~Benjamin Harrison
I recall my daughter & her friend, age 7 or 8, playing a game (something about counting) when we once visited Veterans Cemetery in West L.A. for Memorial Day. Our little girl called out from a row of headstones in front of us, "Mom look, they're all standing at attention just like they used to, you know, before."
May all TA/SST readers enjoy a Memorial Day weekend spent with family & friends.
-Maureen Lang
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