Today, Monday, May 25 is Memorial Day in the United States, so we here at MacTrast want to take the time to remember and honor those who have given their lives in defense of our country.
We thank all of the service men and women for all they’ve done to protect their country in the last 250 years, and will never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives so that we all may live. We’d like to share some quotes from over the years about those we are honoring today.
“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.” —Barack Obama
“If words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice.” —Ronald Reagan
“It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”- Norman Schwarzkopf
“All gave some. Some gave all.” —Howard William Osterkamp
Happy Memorial Day everyone, and as you celebrate with your family and friends, keep in mind the sacrifice made by the brave men and women in our military who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country!
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