05/22/2026
As we begin this three-day weekend let us remember that Monday isn’t about barbecues, parties, time on the lake, or the kickoff of summer. It is a solemn day for many, set aside to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to this great nation.
Do not thank a veteran for their service. Their day is in November on Veterans Day.
Do not thank active duty members for serving. Their day was last Saturday on Armed Forces Day.
All who served gave some. But some gave all. And it is those, who paid for our freedoms with their life, that we honor on Memorial Day.
Please take a moment on that day to remember. To reflect. And to honor.
“We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”
– James A. Garfield, May 30, 1868, Arlington National Cemetery
We don’t know them all. But we owe them all.