Memorial Day, May 26, 2014
All honor to American soldiers--our humble gratitude and heartfelt thanks
Alan Keyes
This weekend, America unites in solemn remembrance of every member of the Armed Forces who has fought and died defending our nation, in the never-ending struggle to preserve and protect the God-given liberty enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, and codified as law in our Constitution.
America stands proud and free because our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen have stood courageously in harm's way – today, yesterday, and for generations long past. For their steadfast devotion to duty, honor, and country, we, the American People, offer our humble gratitude and heartfelt thanks.
Let us remember that since the American Revolution, tens of millions of Americans have served our nation with honor and fortitude, and almost 1.2 million have died in defense of our freedom. Another 1.4 million have been wounded, many gravely. These harrowing numbers, of course, offer no reckoning of the inestimable worth of each patriot's life, or of the loss and anguish borne by each suffering family. But we do know that their sacrifices upheld their sacred oath to protect and defend these United States, and secured for us a most precious gift from God – the gift of liberty that we cherish today.
On this Memorial Day, we as a nation are particularly burdened with the heavy knowledge that on Barack Obama's watch, the integrity of our military commands is under relentless assault by their own civilian masters, even while scandalous revelations are coming to light of dereliction of duty and breach of faith by these self-same politicians. Their malfeasance has already caused warriors' needless deaths within the Veterans Administration medical system, and left dozens of deceased veterans' remains unclaimed and unhonored in county morgues across America. Our government is signally failing to keep its solemn promises to our service members and their families – and these shameful failures must be rectified, with severe justice visited upon those responsible for perpetrating them.
It is only because the men and women of these United States volunteer their military service with honor, courage, determination, steadfastness, and selfless sacrifice that America remains free, our liberty is sustained, and the civilized world is defended from tyranny and travail.
Every day of the year, may God bless our men and women in uniform, those who have served before them, and their families. May God bless those preparing to come after them: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." (John 15:12-14)
Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines – we, your fellow citizens, owe you our uncompromised faithfulness; we honor you with our deepest gratitude, the tribute of our love and respect. This holiday's ceremonies recall our undying memory of especially those fallen in battle – to commemorate the incalculable price you have paid for our freedom.
We know, as Abraham Lincoln said of the Gettysburg battlefield, that it is
Keep Faith,
Ambassador Alan Keyes
Honorary Chairman, RenewAmerica
May 26, 2014
This weekend, America unites in solemn remembrance of every member of the Armed Forces who has fought and died defending our nation, in the never-ending struggle to preserve and protect the God-given liberty enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, and codified as law in our Constitution.
America stands proud and free because our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen have stood courageously in harm's way – today, yesterday, and for generations long past. For their steadfast devotion to duty, honor, and country, we, the American People, offer our humble gratitude and heartfelt thanks.
Let us remember that since the American Revolution, tens of millions of Americans have served our nation with honor and fortitude, and almost 1.2 million have died in defense of our freedom. Another 1.4 million have been wounded, many gravely. These harrowing numbers, of course, offer no reckoning of the inestimable worth of each patriot's life, or of the loss and anguish borne by each suffering family. But we do know that their sacrifices upheld their sacred oath to protect and defend these United States, and secured for us a most precious gift from God – the gift of liberty that we cherish today.
On this Memorial Day, we as a nation are particularly burdened with the heavy knowledge that on Barack Obama's watch, the integrity of our military commands is under relentless assault by their own civilian masters, even while scandalous revelations are coming to light of dereliction of duty and breach of faith by these self-same politicians. Their malfeasance has already caused warriors' needless deaths within the Veterans Administration medical system, and left dozens of deceased veterans' remains unclaimed and unhonored in county morgues across America. Our government is signally failing to keep its solemn promises to our service members and their families – and these shameful failures must be rectified, with severe justice visited upon those responsible for perpetrating them.It is only because the men and women of these United States volunteer their military service with honor, courage, determination, steadfastness, and selfless sacrifice that America remains free, our liberty is sustained, and the civilized world is defended from tyranny and travail.
Every day of the year, may God bless our men and women in uniform, those who have served before them, and their families. May God bless those preparing to come after them: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." (John 15:12-14)
Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines – we, your fellow citizens, owe you our uncompromised faithfulness; we honor you with our deepest gratitude, the tribute of our love and respect. This holiday's ceremonies recall our undying memory of especially those fallen in battle – to commemorate the incalculable price you have paid for our freedom.We know, as Abraham Lincoln said of the Gettysburg battlefield, that it is
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"for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Keep Faith,
Ambassador Alan Keyes
Honorary Chairman, RenewAmerica