SSG James Patrick Francis - KIA 27 May 1969. My sister Mary gave me this photo of Pat shipping out for Vietnam. This was the last time she saw him alive. I was just over 6 months old when he was killed.
Memorial service for SGT Roberto Arizola - KIA 8 Jun 2005. This photo is of his team leader overcome with emotion as she pays her respects.
Please, Memorial day at 3pm Eastern, stop whatever you may be doing to pause and reflect for a moment on those who have sacrificed their lives. Attend a ceremony at a veterans cemetery. Fly a flag at half staff until 12 noon. Take the time to maintain the graves of those who may no longer have someone to visit and maintain their marker or headstone.
Pray for peace.
You may not support war of any sort but Soldiers see it up close and have a perspective the protected never know.
Most have lost their lives in their youth. All of their hopes and dreams were buried with them. Families left behind mourning as they seek answers for why. For many, these answers never come and for some, peace may never come either. But until all men, everywhere, can agree to live in peace, war will be inevitable.
So please, take this opportunity, tradition holds 1 minute, to pause and reflect on all those who have sacrificed all that they had that you may have the freedoms you enjoy. The freedom to disagree with those we elect. To live as you wish within the laws of the land. The freedom to denounce those who choose to fight for things they believe in.
One minute. It's not much to ask. Not to glorify war, to remember those who have paid to the 'uttermost farthing'.
http://www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm
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