“It is important that we remember. It is vital we do more than just remember.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours. — Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers Copy Share Image
The biggest honor I can bestow upon America this Memorial Day is not taking my shirt off. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God bless the men & women who have given their life serving this great country. This Memorial Day, remember them in your… — Michael Schlact Copy Share Image
Fold him in his country's stars. Roll the drum and fire the volley! What to him are all our wars, What but… — George Henry Boker Copy Share Image
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you all Veterans and your families. You make America great! 'All gave some...Some gave all.' — Billy Ray Cyrus Copy Share Image
As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars. — John M. McHugh Copy Share Image
Happy Memorial Day, god bless our soldiers; fallen, retired and serving. God Bless America. Damn proud to be an American. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bear hugs for Memorial Day. Pass on a helping smile, better still contact a Veterans support group, all of us need a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made… — Rupert Brooke Copy Share Image
I will be solemnly honoring our military this weekend because no one invited me anywhere fun. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was born in Munich, and my father was stationed in Salzburg. For the first three years of my life, I lived… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the enormity of war overwhelms the truth that all great struggles are just the sum of individual stories. Each is more… — James Carafano Copy Share Image
Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
On Memorial Day we come together as Americans to let these families and veterans know that they are not alone. We give… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day… — Will Carleton Copy Share Image
My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I used to come out here every Fourth of July as a child to picnic and to swim on the island, to… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To those of you mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. We remember that the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“In the campaign of 1876, Robert G. Ingersoll came to Madison to speak. I had heard of him for years; when I… — Robert M. La Follette Copy Share Image
This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have… — David W. Blight Copy Share Image
“A massive ball of brown water, uprooted tree trunks, sheared rooftops, bloated horses, stiff dogs and cats, shattered church windows, broken pews,… — Mary Hogan Copy Share Image
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, you may wear white shoes. Not before and not after. As a command, the White Shoe… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't — John McCain Copy Share Image
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
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