Today is Memorial Day, a day designated to commemorate the men and women who died while in the military service.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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YouTube: Memorial Day 2012 – Freedom Isn’t Free
Background information:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Memorial Day
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